The Door 3

This beautiful garden gate at Pinewood Estate, Bok Gardens, Florida, is a magical look to the past in Old Florida. The worn wood of the gate, the... more

by Susan Molnar

Title

The Door 3

Artist

Susan Molnar

Medium

Photograph - Photograph - Fine Art Photography, Digital Photo-art, Digital Photo-painting. All Work Is Digitally Signed And Year-dated By The Photographer/artist.

Description

This beautiful garden gate at Pinewood Estate, Bok Gardens, Florida, is a magical look to the past in Old Florida. The worn wood of the gate, the antique hardware, and the beautifully detailed fence design are typical of Florida’s past. This original photograph has been digitally watercolored by the photographer/artist and is signed and year-dated.

ORDERING NOTE: A version with a Bible verse (Knock and the door will be opened to you, Matt. 7:7) is available in my gallery named, "Inspirational."

Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. had designed Edward Bok's Gardens and several private gardens inside Mountain Lake Estates, a neighboring private community. Charles Austin Buck engaged Olmsted's firm to design the landscape of his winter estate. In 1929, landscape architect William Lyman Phillips of the Olmsted Brothers firm began to design the gardens and the placement of the house. In 1930, architect Charles Wait was hired to design the house that has become one of the finest examples of Mediterranean-style architecture in the state of Florida. The Estate was the result of the collaborative inspiration of Buck, Wait and Phillips.

Uploaded

May 8th, 2019