Acrylic on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the front.

My sister has taken up planting Bonsai and her marvelous efforts had inspired me to reimagine the miniature trees bursting into bloom with a variety of pretty pink flowers. The succulents are the only authentic plants in her Bonsai tray. But wouldn’t it be wonderful if this fantasy came to life!

‘The word “Bon-sai” (often misspelled as bonzai or banzai) is a Japanese term which, literally translated, means “planted in a container”. This art form is derived from an ancient Chinese horticultural practice, part of which was then redeveloped under the influence of Japanese Zen Buddhism’.