Japanese Garden

April 13, 2010 - 24"x30" Acrylic on Canvas

This is from a picture of the Japanese Garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California (near Pasadena). I was there once, years ago and it's definitely worth a visit.

I love the painting and the photo doesn't totally do it justice. There's so much going on here. And, except for the lake, grass, eucalyptus and willow trees and the flower petals, everything (including the house, bridge, trees, shrubs and rocks) is derived from the same four colors - cad red, cad yellow, pthalo blue and titanium white.

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