Thousand Year-Old Banyan Tree, Yangshuo, Guilin - Francis Hamel , 2024.
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Oil on linen laid on panel , 13 x 17 in. 33 x 43 cm.

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Thousand Year-Old Banyan Tree, Yangshuo, Guilin - Francis Hamel , 2024.
British , b. 1963 -
Oil on linen laid on panel , 13 x 17 in. 33 x 43 cm.
Yangshuo 阳朔县, Guangxi province, China.
Located in South China’s Guangxi region, it’s surrounded by karst peaks and bordered by the Li river.
From Atop Xianggong Mountain 相公山
Yangshuo, China
日月双塔 ‘The Sun and Moon Twin Towers’ location: Guilin, Guangxi, China
" Yangshuo Region " // © sjoerd bracke
I mentioned yesterday in response to @endless-natterings ‘s truly excellent Gwindor HCs that I absolutely adore Guilin, father of Gwindor, so let me say here why I think he’s 10/10, no notes, as a dad even though he makes only super scarce appearances in the text.
Gwindor has always been my favorite Silm character, and if we look at all the things I deeply love about him — he’s compassionate, loyal, unafraid to push for what’s right even when others don’t want to hear it — we can see how those traits came directly from the kind of parenting he received.
Elven communities of the First Age were notoriously hostile to anyone who had been captured by Morgoth. Former thralls were viewed with suspicion if not outright aggression, and many were simply refused return by their families. But Gwindor didn’t express any concern that this might be his fate. To the contrary, he didn’t just declare a direct intention to return to the place he was born, but he confidently asserted to Túrin that they would find healing and renewal there. I think that’s partly because he knew who was waiting for him — a father who loved him so fully and unconditionally that he met his escaped thrall of a son with literal open arms:
Lo! Sire and son did sweet embrace neath trees entwining tangled branches…
Guilin Mountains - CHINA
Hiroji Kubota: Guilin, China (1980)