The Asian art of Bonsai offers an alternative to the scarcity of winter. Dwarf Yaupon Holly in the Chinese penjing style, which seeks to shape trees of unusual character to aesthetic principles.

Trees depicted ... species and works of art is small and selective, therefore it’s not possible to draw strong conclusions. The authors studied a series of works by abstract painter Mondrian ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees. Trees are ...