A Japanese dry landscape garden created by Cowra residents is on display at the Penrith Regional Gallery as part of a collaboration between the two facilities.
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Cowra Japanese Garden staff Justin Smith and Mathew Rush presented the Kare sansui to the Gallery last week, part of an exhibition transforming the venue into a Zen garden installation.
Minimal in form, Kare sansui seek to reveal the essence of nature, and are an open invitation to meditate on the meaning of life.
In creating the Kare sansui, the Cowra Japanese Garden staff used a three pronged wooden rake known as a Kumade, which make deep furrows in the pebble.
Creating the variation of pattern is a creative and inspiring challenge, which demands precision across the entire Kare sansui field.
In design it responds to the local environment reflecting the special regional formations of Blue Mountains, Emu Plains and Nepean River.
The collaboration between the Cowra Japanese Garden with the Penrith Regional Gallery is an opportunity to promote Cowra's premier tourist attraction as the centre of Japanese culture in Australia, explained Garden Chairman Don Kibbler.
He added he was very proud of his staff.
"This opportunity also recognises the specialist skills that the staff of the Japanese Garden have developed over time," Mr Kbbler said.
The exhibition is on display at the Penrith Regional Gallery until March 24.
