SAPPHAOBAB Bonsai Bubble Tree Giclee Print

One part sapphire bubbles. One part baobab. All whimsy in this Bonsai Bubble Tree painting "SAPPHAOBAB".

Species: Baobab

Color: Sapphire

Medium: Acrylic on hand-pressed paper imbued with native Maine flora

Special Features: Four-leaf clover in the paper symbolizes hope, faith, love, and luck. May bring good fortune!

Items included: 4.5" x 5" giclee print packed and shipped from the artist's studio. Bonsai Bubble tree Collection. Ships flat in protective packaging. Print is unframed.

Bonsai Bubble Tree Collection:

A dream inspired the first and largest bubble tree painting, Sakura Pearl and the Nightmare Owls, which propagated a whole new generation of bubble tree seedlings.

The Bonsai Bubble Tree Collection features a growing series of mini acrylic paintings depicting whimsical fantasy tree species on handmade or manually assembled supporting media including delicate hand-pressed paper imbued with local flora (made by Maine artist Diane Langley), heavier Japanese watercolor paper with feathery deckled edges, and cute but rugged hemp canvases, hand-stretched and gessoed by the bubble tree artist herself.

Painting on materials gathered close to nature yields a rustic yet refined charm in this colorful forest of tiny trees. Though small and unusual, the detail expressed in each bonsai bubble tree is executed with maximum artistic integrity and specialty. Each commissioned tree is devoted to the individual it's painted for. Features such as bark and bubble color, species (trunk and crown shape), objects, animals, and other additional elements can be requested in your tree painting. Let your imagination grow wild.

Original bonsai bubble trees are available by commission. Contact the artist today to begin the germination of a new bonsai bubble tree unique to you, a loved one, or friend!

Baobab Facts:

Did you know there are nine baobab trees of the genus Adansonia spanning across the African and Australian continents? Known for their large water-storing trunks, they are the camels of the arboreal world, thriving in arid environments too harsh for most trees. Aptly dubbed baobab (pronounced bey-oh-bab), the name means "upside down tree" since their thin, scraggy crowns resemble roots rather than branches.

Other names include bottle tree and monkey bread tree. They produce white flowers and gourd-like fruit (the edible pulp of which is known as monkey bread). Individual trees produce fruit on their own time and schedule, and some species begin to bear fruit only at 200 years of age! A baobab can survive over 3 years without rainfall, and its spongy trunk can hold 20,000-30,000 gallons of water.