{"id":5715,"date":"2021-07-31T10:09:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T17:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/?p=5715"},"modified":"2021-07-31T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T17:09:36","slug":"hakone-pals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/hakone-pals\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakone Pals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From April 2020, for a year, I posted on Facebook a painting each day as a brief diversion from the lockdowns and other bad news this year. Neglecting my weblog, I\u2019ll post in the coming days some of my better posts. Some of these paintings are still available.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Hakone Pals”, 24×12, oil on canvas, plein air\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Over 100 years old, Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, CA, is one of the oldest Japanese estate, retreat and gardens in the Western Hemisphere. In 1915, two San Francisco arts patrons, Oliver and Isabel Stine, intending to build a summer retreat, purchased the 18-acre site on which Hakone now stands. Inspired by her trips to Japan, Isabel Stine modeled the gardens upon (and named them after) Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having visited Hakone in Japan, I especially appreciate the namesake, and the countryside there is beautiful views of Lake Ashi and Mt Fuji. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the “Studio Keimusho”, another “Vertical Water” painting completed for the Los Gatos Art Festival of Hakone Garden. Look at the painting and can you guess why it was named “Hakone Pals”??
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You can read more about this painting here–
http:\/\/www.donaldneff.com\/blog\/hot-hot-hot\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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