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8.00" x 6.50"
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10.00" x 8.50"
Red Bonsai Poster
by Darren Robinson
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Red Bonsai poster by Darren Robinson. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The Japanese art of bonsai originally derived from the Chinese practice of penjing. From the 6th century onwards, Imperial embassy personnel and... more
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Artist's Description
The Japanese art of bonsai originally derived from the Chinese practice of penjing. From the 6th century onwards, Imperial embassy personnel and Buddhist students from Japan had been visiting and returning from mainland China, bringing back souvenirs that included container plantings. At least 17 diplomatic missions were specifically sent from Japan to the Tang court between the years 603 and 839.
Japan's historical Shōsōin, which houses 7th, 8th, and 9th-century artifacts including material from Japan's Tempyō period, contains an elaborate miniature tree display dating from this time. This artifact is composed of a wooden tray serving as a base, carved wooden mountain models, and sand portraying a riverine sandbar. Small tree sculptures in silver metal are meant to be placed in the sand, to produce a table-top depiction of a treed landscape. While this display is closer to the Japanese bonkei display than to a living bonsai, it does reflect the period's interest in...
About Darren Robinson
I have been drawing and painting for almost 50 years now starting with that first box of Crayola 64 crayons I received when I was five years old. Over the years I experimented with pencils, markers, pastels, oils, acrylics, inks, and mixed media. I was and still am a HUGE fan of such Fantasy Artists as Boris Vallejo, Frank Frazetta, Larry Elmore, and Keith Parkinson, just to name a few. I often would sit and draw fantasy creatures and castles along with some surrealistic landscape visions. About 25 years ago I started learning to airbrush and added that to my repertoire. You can see the heavy airbrush influence and use throughout many of my recent realistic paintings. Recently I have experimented with Mixed Media and abstract art as a way...
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Lorraine Centrella
Congratulations on your sale! Simply striking!
Gene Parks
Congratulations on your recent sale!!
Darren Robinson replied:
Thanks much
Fiona Kennard
Lovely.....Congrats on your sale!
Darren Robinson replied:
Thank you!
Bill Cannon
Congrats on your sale!!!!!!
Darren Robinson replied:
Thanks Bill
EricaMaxine Price
Saw this on FB, really beautiful! Have you ever tried doing the prints with a texture making it 3D? I think it would look great.. maybe F/L/G+/TW
Darren Robinson replied:
I HAVE done texture on several of my originals.
Jeff Breiman
Very beautiful!
Linda Lees
Wonderful! This would look great as a metal print.
Laurie Search
This is gorgeous!! I love it!! :)))fv