Marjorie Merriweather Post was the owner of General Foods, a businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist who lived from 1887 to 1973. With incredible wealth, she had a large estate in Washington, D.C. she named Hillwood. Today Hillwood Estate and Garden is a house museum that is open to the public that holds her large collection of Russian art and has beautiful gardens. One of these gardens is a Japanese Garden complete with Japanese lantern sculptures, water features and arched bridges. The Japanese garden is my favorite place on the estate and a great place for landscape photography. I recently visited and was inspired to do an oil painting from one of my photographs.
Hillwood Zen
11”x14”
Oil on Linen Panel
Here are a few photos I took on my recent trip that inspired me to do a painting.
If you are ever in the D.C. area, Hillwood is worth a visit. I hope you enjoy my painting and photos.
Lovely
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The photographs you took at the Japanese garden that inspired the painting's creation are equally breathtaking! I recognize a lot of your painting from the first photo.
You are a very talented artist! @dabeckster
Keep up.the terrific work!
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Thanks Nina!
You're welcome!💫
I absolutely love oil painting. Oil pastels and chalk pastels are also quite amazing to work with. Thanks for showing us the beautiful pictures, and the painting 😚.
In some ways you captured more zen in you painting than the garden itself. It's a lovely work.
That’s very kind of you to say.