Ben Sanders - Bonsai Book

Published by Ampersand Editions, 2020
Edition of 250

208 pages, 200 color illustrations
12 x 9 1/4 inches
Paperback
ISBN 9781941556177

Text by Erik Benjamins
Design by Benjamin Critton

A collection of 200 bonsai drawings made by artist Ben Sanders. Just as the art of Bonsai itself can be considered a practice that mimics nature, Ben's simple drawings bring to life colorful tree forms that exist somewhere between absence and imagination. “Some are based on trees I’ve seen,” he says, “but most are completely made up at the moment.“ Restraining himself to basic tools—a few markers and pilfered gallery letterhead—the act of bonsai drawing follows a form of daily ritual, something he does while his young daughter naps in the afternoon.

Published on the occasion of Ben’s exhibition at Ampersand, also titled Bonsai, in summer 2020.

View and purchase original drawings from the book here.