Expressive Mugo pine

Beautiful tree and work... Mugo pine seems to always take a back seat to other pines.. However, this clearly demonstrates that, many times, it is the tree itself and not necessarily the variety that makes a great bonsai.

MerschelMarco wrote:I hope i can get the foliage like this within the next five years.

Regards,
Marco

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That looks much better Marco I'm sure you'll get there!

The whole tree was rewired and the deadwood was edited a little bit. Now the tree gets step by step closer to my vision.

Regards,
Marco

It's definitely progressing! Getting cloesr!

Very nice tree!! Good work.

Pavel

Getting better. Nice progress

An update.



Regards,
Marco

Wow, went from the first bit. Thanks for sharing this progression Marco, I like it alot.

It is a magnificent tree. It is beautiifully styled in such a way it appears totally natural. Nothing about it looks contrived even though the foliage pads seemed defined and manicured, they don't seem more so than nature would do in an extreme environment. Thank you for sharing the progressions with this tree.

Vance Wood wrote:It is a magnificent tree.  It is beautiifully styled in such a way it appears totally natural.  Nothing about it looks contrived even though the foliage pads seemed defined and manicured, they don't seem more so than nature would do in an extreme environment.  Thank you for sharing the progressions with this tree.

What Vance said!

Best,
Dorothy

At this final stage looks great. Congrats!

Very nice progression indeed!

Vance Wood wrote: Nothing about it looks contrived even though the foliage pads seemed defined and manicured, they don't seem more so than nature would do in an extreme environment.

Thanks for your nice comments!
Although it is a very modern styled expressive bonsai i wanted to avoid to make it look like a plastic bonsai. So I´am very happy that that my intention seems to be achived.

Best regards,
Marco

MerschelMarco wrote:

Vance Wood wrote: Nothing about it looks contrived even though the foliage pads seemed defined and manicured, they don't seem more so than nature would do in an extreme environment.

Thanks for your nice comments!
Although it is a very modern styled expressive bonsai i wanted to avoid to make it look like a plastic bonsai. So I´am very happy that that my intention seems to be achived.

Best regards,
Marco

It may be a "Modern Style" in that it does not adhere to the traditional contrived sculptured and manicured Japanese forms it does have a more ancient earthy look to it; like it still belongs on a mountain top.

Sorry this was not a relevant remark, did not read the whole story, spoke too soon.

Great work!!!
It´s like the trees we see in books!!!