Japanese Maple Tree is a photograph by Inge Johnsson which was uploaded on November 3rd, 2019.
Japanese Maple Tree
The Portland Japanese Garden is a traditional Japanese garden occupying 12 acres, located within Washington Park in the West Hills of Portland,... more
Title
Japanese Maple Tree
Artist
Inge Johnsson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture, Watermark Not On Actual Print
Description
The Portland Japanese Garden is a traditional Japanese garden occupying 12 acres, located within Washington Park in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is operated as a private non-profit organization, which leased the site from the city in the early 1960s. Stephen D. Bloom has been the chief executive officer of the Portland Japanese Garden since 2005.
The Garden Pavilion was built in 1980 in Japanese style by local builders: it has a tiled roof, wooden verandas, and Shōji sliding doors. It is the center of several Japanese cultural festivals, art exhibitions, and other events. The west veranda faces the Flat Garden, and the east veranda overlooks downtown Portland and Mount Hood, which resembles Mount Fuji. Dozens of stone lanterns are present throughout the garden. The lower entrance features a 100-year-old temple gate, a 1976 gift of the Japanese Ancestral Society of Portland Oregon.
As a Japanese garden, the desired effect is to realize a sense of peace, harmony, and tranquility and to experience the feeling of being a part of nature. Three of the essential elements used to create the garden are stone, the "bones" of the landscape; water, the life-giving force; and plants, the tapestry of the four seasons. Japanese garden designers feel that good stone composition is one of the most important elements in creating a well-designed garden. Secondary elements include pagodas, stone lanterns, water basins, arbors, and bridges. Japanese gardens are asymmetrical in design and reflect nature in idealized form. Traditionally, human scale is maintained throughout so that one always feels part of the environment and not overpowered by it.
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November 3rd, 2019
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Comments (21)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Japanese Maple Tree composition, lighting, shading, vivid colors and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Spectacular capture and artwork! Fl …voted in the Autumn Logo for No Place Like Home contest!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2020 February: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (February 3, 2020)
Douglas Taylor
A spectacular and stunning work of art you have produced, Inge! V/F, and twice if I could.
Joy McAdams
I have seen photographs of this iconic tree many times, Inge. This is possibly the best I have seen. Breathtaking! L/F
Jeff Iverson
Congratulations your wonderful work is now featured on Artist Salon 1! Please add your work to our Discussion archive for features.
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations! This is your special day! I just wanted to compliment you on your lovely piece of artwork that I have chosen to be featured on the homepage of our WFS group. It is with pleasure and and honor that I have chosen this work to “show off” to other FAA artists and also future buyers on the look out for the beauty of your works. Thanks for being an active member of our fine artists’ group. Glad to have you aboard.
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, on your FEATURE, in the "Just Perfect", "Arts Fantastic World", & "First Friday Gallery", groups!
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