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Spuds Moyogi
From a Facebook post by Bill Valavanis today:
"Sad News
Bonsai artist, suiseki authority and garden designer Arthur Skolnik from Toronto, Canada, died on Wednesday during a holiday with his wife Barbara. He ...suffered a massive heart attack while scuba diving in Antiqua. Arthur’s daughter Arielle and his sister joined Barbara in Antiqua, but they are stuck there until Thursday because of red tape.
Arthur had an infectious smile and always kept us laughing with his puns at bonsai events. He was an avid bonsai and suiseki collector and was a featured speaker at many bonsai events. Originally from Montreal where he had a bonsai store, he moved to Toronto many years ago and began putting his artistic and creative talents to work designing unusual gardens. He continued to maintain his bonsai and suiseki collection. Together with a few friends Arthur was one of the organizers for the International Viewing Stone Appreciation Conventions held in Pennsylvania.
He will be missed, but never forgotten."
He, along with Reiner Goebel and George Reichert, helped pave the way back in the 90s putting Canadian bonsai artists on the map with collected White Cedar (arborvitae) and other pioneering stuff.
http://torontobonsai.org/archive/Journal/Journal.2009/oct.2009/cedar.htm
"Sad News
Bonsai artist, suiseki authority and garden designer Arthur Skolnik from Toronto, Canada, died on Wednesday during a holiday with his wife Barbara. He ...suffered a massive heart attack while scuba diving in Antiqua. Arthur’s daughter Arielle and his sister joined Barbara in Antiqua, but they are stuck there until Thursday because of red tape.
Arthur had an infectious smile and always kept us laughing with his puns at bonsai events. He was an avid bonsai and suiseki collector and was a featured speaker at many bonsai events. Originally from Montreal where he had a bonsai store, he moved to Toronto many years ago and began putting his artistic and creative talents to work designing unusual gardens. He continued to maintain his bonsai and suiseki collection. Together with a few friends Arthur was one of the organizers for the International Viewing Stone Appreciation Conventions held in Pennsylvania.
He will be missed, but never forgotten."
He, along with Reiner Goebel and George Reichert, helped pave the way back in the 90s putting Canadian bonsai artists on the map with collected White Cedar (arborvitae) and other pioneering stuff.
http://torontobonsai.org/archive/Journal/Journal.2009/oct.2009/cedar.htm
