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Photography in the Style of Traditional Chinese Painting

Duncan Brine — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Photography in the Style of Traditional Chinese Painting by Don Hong-Oai | Retronaut

Here, photography jumps into, and, dreamily, clarifies traditional Chinese painting. The effect is startling and unique; the images create a median between a far-off reality and a composed ideal.

This series of images was brought to my attention by a college friend now living in the northwest.
Brine Garden dreaming of Chinese painting

New England Moves to Preserve a More Recent Heritage

Duncan Brine — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:44:47 +0000

New England Moves to Preserve a More Recent Heritage – NYTimes.com
- While their creations might seem out of place here, they match the ideals of Thoreau, said Alexander Gorlin, an architect whose book with the photographer Geoffrey Gross, “Tomorrow’s Houses: New England Modernism,” came out this year.
  
  Mr. Gorlin said the plain, functional style of modernism, meant to blend into the landscape, echoed Thoreau’s desire to live simply and in harmony with nature. Gropius, he added, was inspired by another early New England thinker, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Is either contemporary or traditional architecture inherently more suitable for rural landscape?

Brine home in Brine Garden

Visit the Brine Garden with ArtEast Open Studio Tour

Julia Brine — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:19:34 +0000

The Brine Garden is celebrating its 21^st anniversary with an exhibit of photographs and watercolors. ArtEast Open Studio Tour visitors are welcome to enjoy the exhibit and stroll through the 6-acre garden.

With his original digital Canon Rebel, landscape designer Duncan Brine makes images that share the design principles of his garden, “how it works.”

Duncan’s wife, Julia Brine, his partner in their landscape design firm, Horticultural Design, Inc., depicts botanical and natural subjects in watercolor and pencil.

Learn more at gardenlarge.com.

FrOGS Annual Great Swamp Celebration and Art Show Returns to Pawling, NY

Julia Brine — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:17:11 +0000

A wonderful community experience:

October 22, 11am-5pm and October 23, 1pm-4pm, at the Frances Ryan Thomas Memorial Center of Christ Church on Quaker Hill in Pawling, NY.

Join the Brines and other FrOGS to celebrate the diverse beauty of our local, majestic wetland. Enjoy work by local artists and artisans, educational displays, food, and activities.

FrOGS (Friends of the Great Swamp) is an active voice for the protection of the Great Swamp, one of the largest freshwater wetlands in New York State.

Anne Raver NY Times | Reveals Brine Garden as Favorite | The Horticultural Society of New York

Duncan Brine — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:34:38 +0000

Facebook Brine Garden page
- Monday: Anne Raver talk on her FAVES at the Horticultural Society “closer to home, Duncan and Julia Brine, who have created six acres of wild, painterly gardens in Pawling, NY.? “
  
  The Horticultural Society of New York
  
  www.hsny.org
  
  April 11, 2011

Anne’s Favorites:

Bill Noble and Jim Tatum in their rolling valley in Norwich, VT;

Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones at Windcliff, overlooking the Puget Sound in Indianola, WA;

Dennis and Cheryl Kamera on nearby Whidbey Island;

and closer to home, Duncan and Julia Brine, who have created six acres of wild, painterly gardens in Pawling, NY

Charles A. Birnbaum: On Olana and the Upcoming Symposium

Duncan Brine — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:35:08 +0000

Charles A. Birnbaum: The Value of View
- April 16, 2011 symposium at Olana, Framing the Viewshed: The Transformative Power of Art and Landscape in the Hudson Valley.

Frederic Edwin Church: Twilight in the Wilderness (1860) Cleveland Museum of Art

For more information please check out our Brine Garden page

The New York Botanical Garden Seminar with Duncan Brine

Julia Brine — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:54:22 +0000

Site Character:
An Approach to Creative Design

Discover a contextual approach to shaping landscape and garden space. A design method
is outlined which bases decision-making on the characteristics of the site, not conventional
style or structure. Topics include connecting spaces, the relationship between background and foreground, transparency, and framing views. The instructor illustrates his talk with images of his 6-acre naturalistic garden.

Instructor: Duncan Brine

Friday, February 25, 2011 from 10 am -12 pm.

Registration

If you’re able to get to this class, consider following it with lunch on Arthur Ave. or a stroll through the garden (weather permitting).

A REALLY Cool Art and Garden Celebration: Brine Garden 20th Anniversary, Sat. Aug 21 –KatonahGreen

Duncan Brine — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:52:14 +0000

KatonahGreen Calendar: A REALLY Cool Art and Garden Celebration: Brine Garden 20th Anniversary, Sat. Aug 21, Pawling – Annotated
- Starts at 4pm at Gallery on the Green in Pawling, continues with a celebration at the Brine Garden for gallery attendees. Native plant specialists, artists, wine, beautiful gardens, cool people, what more could we ask for on a Saturday evening?

Rural Intelligence | Brine Garden in Photographs & Watercolors

Duncan Brine — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:12:51 +0000

Rural Intelligence | Brine Garden in Photographs & Watercolors -
- Gallery on the Green in Pawling, NY will honor the 20th anniversary of The Brine Garden, a remarkable private garden there, with an exhibition of photographs and watercolors.

Rural Intelligence | Brine Garden in Gallery on the Green

Duncan Brine — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:35:24 +0000

Rural Intelligence | Art Section: Art – Annotated
- Gallery on the Green in Pawling, NY will honor the 20th anniversary of The Brine Garden, a remarkable private garden there, with an exhibition of photographs and botanical watercolors.