Water Play Fountain Canvas Print

Water Play Fountain was photographed in Old San Antonio, Texas, near the River Walk.
Architecture structures that direct water to flow into a basin or the jet into the air is called a fountain, from the Latin fons, fontis, meaning a water source or spring. Originally, the idea was completely functional, bringing water from springs or aqueducts into town for drinking and washing. The earliest fountains operated by gravity alone, sometimes across great distances.
Following this original utilitarian functionality, fountains became a means to decorate and celebrate their builders.
Examples include: the 7th century famous Islamic gardens, the fountains of the palaces of Moorish Spain, the golden age for fountains in Rome during the 17th and 18th century where elaborate fountains were expressions of Baroque art. The Baroque fountains of Versailles in France and the Baroque fountains of Peterhof in Russia are other examples.
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Creating portals of light, love, joy, beauty, compassion, hope and gratitude is my lifelong passion and purpose. My mother painted when i was young and encouraged drawing and painting and handcrafting in all forms and my father, the photographer, gave me my first camera at age 8. As a result, i have been a lifelong student of both mediums. Formal training of my eye and technique has been with the wonderful Pacific NW painter teachers, Stan Capon and Edi Olson. i hope you will enjoy these images as much as i enjoyed their creation.