Christmas at Pinewood Estate, Bok Tower
by Liesl Walsh
Title
Christmas at Pinewood Estate, Bok Tower
Artist
Liesl Walsh
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
One of the most beautiful historic Mediterranean style homes I have seen is Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida. It's tucked away in a quiet, peaceful, solitary place next to the woods surrounding Bok Tower. It has beautiful tropical gardens surrounding the home with a fountain, stone walls, fruit trees, patterned tiles on stairs, and an expansive green lawn in the back cascading down to a pond. Every Christmas the mansion is decorated beautifully inside and out. This photo is a gothic window near the entrance of the home. Pinewood Estate was built between 1930-1932 as a winter home for C. Austin Buck, Vice President of Bethlehem Steel Co. in PA. Up the hill and through the woods is Bok Tower, 295 feet tall, built in 1929 with 250 acres of gardens. The tower sings songs with a 60 bell carillon. The tower sits on one of the highest points of Florida. The contemplative garden is a very peaceful place where one can hear the tower music, see the image of the tower in the long reflection pool, and sit under many live oak trees looking from the high hill down to orange groves below, smelling the orange blossoms in the winter. It is a magical place to visit. This image would make a great Christmas card. I used it last year, and it was a big hit.
Featured in the following FAA Groups:
Monthly Themed - December Theme - Winter Fun 12-8-2017
10 Plus 12-14-2017
Balconies Windows and Doors 12-17-2017
Cards and Posters - Inspirational Text Welcome 12-22-2017
Only Doors and Windows Photography 1-2-2018
New FAA Uploads 1-5-2018
500 Views 9-20-2019
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December 4th, 2017
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Comments (44)
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
What a beautiful and festive capture of this sensational display of holiday spirit Liesl!! it is so perfect and artistic. i really can feel the warmth and joy of the holiday season in this fabulous image. this image definitely would make a wonderful greeting card!! Sharing!! L/F/FB
Swedish Attitude Design
š¬ Very Nice work! Your style is very intriguing and inspiring to me! L/F š¬
Geraldine Scull
This is a really beautiful image, love the textures, the set up, and the processing & framing ! lf
Liesl Walsh
Thank you for the feature in "Cards and Posters - Inspirational Text Welcome"! 12-22-2017
Mary Ann Weger
Congratulations! The Fine Art America group āCards and Posters - Inspirational Text Welcomeā has featured your extraordinary image on our Home Page! To further promote your work to Art Collectors, you are invited to copy and paste any of your images into a variety of popular categories on the groupās Discussion Page. URL: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/cards-and-posters--inspirational-text-welcome.html?tab=discussions
Mary Ann Weger
Congratulations! Your beautiful work has been featured in the Fine Art America group āBalconies Windows and Doorsā! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page at:ā¦ https://fineartamerica.com/groups/balconies-windows-and-doors.html?showmessage=true&messageid=3866502