ZealFish is a work in progress. So am I.
I’ve spent a lifetime creating—bonsai, sculpture, music, and whatever else imagination and a pair of hands could turn into something worth sharing.
This site is being created the same way. One piece at a time.
What you see here is only the beginning. More is taking shape.
ZealFish Studio
Artist · Bonsai Educator · Sculptor
ZealFish is a studio shaped by the art of sensing, impressions, and seeing—bonsai, sculpture, music, and objects gathered through a lifetime of making.
Each work begins with character already present—a tree shaped by time, stone formed by the earth, or an object carrying a history of its own. The artist’s hand enters somewhere along that journey, at a particular moment in time—not to erase what came before, but to reveal it, add to its story, and send it forward.
OCTOBER BONSAI FEST
Four Wednesdays of bonsai, sketching, shared ideas, and a little Halloween imagination—with Bones and the FrankenTree Challenge!
October 7, 14, 21 & 28 • 2 p.m. until closing
Botanicals of Clear Lake Shores
All experience levels welcome. Joining later? We’ll help you get caught up!
BONSAI
Every tree carries a history. The art of bonsai begins by recognizing that history—then balancing the will of nature with the stewardship and vision of man.
ART & SCULPTURE
Form is the beginning—contour, movement, balance and space. As with bonsai, the work is guided by intuition: sensing what is already present and revealing its distinctive character.
ZealFish, LLC | J. Christopher “Bones” Turnbow
281.460.1551 | zealfish@icloud.com