Couldn’t resist this great photo. It’s from David Benavente’s facebook photos (just slightly cropped).
I think David Benavente is one of our most accomplished bonsai artists (by our, I guess I mean Westerners, but maybe you could just extend that to the whole world). You can check out David’s bonsai on facebook and on his website. His Before and After (Antes y Despues) series is particularly good (and instructive), but really, I’d recommend spending time and exploring all of his photos. Many tell stories, some with a little humor thrown in.
Here’s one of David’s ‘Before and After’ series.
Here’s another from ‘Before and After.’ I cropped out the ‘before’ to get a closer view of the ‘after.’ You can see them together here.
Fall color. I’m always impressd with how well organized and neat David’s nursery looks (at least in the photos he shows us, though I suspect he’s not hiding anything).
Here’s another close-up of an ‘after.’ The original photo is below.
The photos shown here are just a small sampling of David Benavente’s bonsai. For more, visit him on facebook or his website.
David Benavente really knows how to effectively show his bonsai works of art. The background orange wall allows for such a pleasing contrast, showing the rich greens, as well as allowing the viewer to easilly see the overall branch structure. Sometimes I will put one of my bonsai’s on a concealed cinderblock in front of a buttery yellow wall in my kitchen, to take it’s picture. It’s magical how the background color can make a bonsai image look so much better, than in front of a distracting wallpaper. Of course David’s stone paths and gravel beds are pleasure to look at.
Hi Brian,
Good point about the choice of background and background color. Makes a big difference.
DAmned good stylist!