Suthin has a way with Hinoki cypress. And a way with bonsai altogether. The more I look at this tree, the more I like it. If I were to go back through our nine hundred or so posts so far and pick my favorites, this one would surely make the grade. This photo and the others in this post are from Suthin’s facebook timeline.
It would be very difficult if we had pick a favorite bonsai or a favorite bonsai artist. There are simply too many good ones, with so many different types of trees and styles. However, if I were to pick favorite artists, Suthin Sukosolvisit would be way up on my list. Especially if we’re talking about North American artists.
If we venture out to the whole world, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Saburo Kato, Masahiko Kimura (The Magician) and other great Japanese artists. Same goes with China and the rest of Asia. There are so many good ones, Robert Steven, Cheng Cheng Kung (last post), Lo Min Hsuan and numerous other great Asian bonsai artists. Europe too. If you look at the number of Bark posts devoted to European bonsai, you’ll get the drift (we could say more, but we’ll save that continent for other posts).
In a way, this whole discussion (early morning coffee fueled ramble) is silly and who cares? There are so many great bonsai and bonsai artists now and with the internet it seems like we are exposed to new ones almost daily. In this fluid world-wide burst of bonsai creativity, it might be futile to try to pick the best. Still, I like Suthin’s bonsai a lot and I think that the trees in this post (and especially the one above) support my argument.
All the images in this post were lifted from Suthin’s facebook timeline. If you’re not a facebook fan, here’s Suthin’s website.
Coiled snake. Slightly out of focus, but an undeniably unique and fluid bonsai. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen another full cascade bonsai quite like this one (a little redundant, but unique is always worth pointing out).
I’m running out of superlatives. Unique for sure. Powerful too. I like the way the delicate deadwood on top contrasts with the massive trunk and heavy foliage. And then there’s that deadwood arrow that almost single-handedly counters the heavy leftward movement of the tree.
In process from informal upright to slant style. Or he is planning another cascade?
I think we’ve shown this photo before. It’s another Hinoki with great deadwood. Great pot too.
With the pot tilted the way it is; it’s going to reverse the growth back to straight up.
I don’t see why that would be wanted from the beautiful specimen.
(but what do I know?)
Hi Charlie,
If you don’t tilt the pot and leave it as it was, then it’s an informal upright, which is characterized by the apex being directly over the base of the trunk, among other things. Now the apex is to right of the base of the trunk, giving the tree an overall slant. This is accentuated by the way the lower trunk naturally slants to the right.