This heavy gnarly trunked Japanese black pine is from Bonsai Tonight. When Jonas took this photo, it had just been styled at a Bay Island Bonsai workshop by Peter Tea. It’s not clear if the tree is Peter’s or if it belongs to Boon (it’s not unusual for a student to work on a teacher’s tree), though I imagine that it’s Peter’s. We’ve now been informed the the tree belongs to Boon (see comments).
Close up of the trunk.
Closer up still. You could search for a long time and never stumble across a trunk as abundant in natural character as this one.
The same tree in 2009 at a Bay Island‘s exhibit. If you look at the photo at the top of the post, you can see how Peter has reduced the foliage and opened the the tree up, allowing us to see a little more trunk and to get a better idea of the branch structure.
Peter Tea and tree.
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This is actually Boon’s tree.
Aha. Thanks Jeremiah.