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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Balancing Act
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
It is evening at the south rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, USA.
The sun is low, casting its shadows across the majestic cliffs of this famous Southwest landscape, causing the colors of the rocks and cliffs to shift and change.
Here and there, the golden light of the sun hits the rocks, emphasizing their layers and texture. In the foreground, we see a stack of rocks, neatly placed as if by design.
āDid a child of the giant world play here?ā we wonder, allowing our minds to soar into a brief flight of fancy.
This is the world of Balancing Act, a world of silence and color and splendor and rugged beauty. From our perch at the rim, we look down, down into the canyon, down into the shadows where sunsetās last light illuminates the cliffs across from us. In the deep shadows, we catch a glimpse of the Colorado River.
There are pinks and purples, corals and lavenders, cool, rich colors that we donāt expect to find in red rock country.
But the world of the wilderness is unexpected. It is not a tame world, not a shopping mall or grocery store. It is a world of vast, majestic proportions ā a world so big that it puts into perspective the worries and anxieties that threaten to overwhelm us when we stay too long in a room with four walls.
Still, silent, timeless, the world of Balancing Act will remain although we leave. Our vacation over, we head back to our home and office, our work day and free time, our day to day routine. There is a comfort in knowing that, when the day seems stressful and threatening to overwhelm us with details and small things, the Grand Canyon remains strong and impassive, big and bold and grand.
When we step into the world of Balancing Act, we step into a place of peace.
Featured on 27 Fine Art America groups.
Uploaded
August 22nd, 2019
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Viewed 11,272 Times - Last Visitor from Beverly Hills, CA on 04/19/2024 at 10:32 AM
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Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contestā¦ ROCK AND STONE! F/L
Morongo Valley, CA - United States
Wow! This is absolutely stunning! Such great atmospheric perspective. Voted.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your winning 3rd Place tie in the contestā¦ ROCK AND STONE PAINTING! F/L
Morongo Valley, CA - United States
Congratulations, Steve, on your win in the ROCK AND STONE PAINTING contest with this stunning work!
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Steve, on your Win in the Rock and Stone Painting Contest for this beautiful painting! Gorgeous! L/F
Morongo Valley, CA - United States
Gorgeous work! I love the lighting, composition, everything that makes this work so well.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding Balancing Act composition, lighting, shading, excellent color and artwork! F/L voted
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations, your beautiful work has been featured on the Over 3000 Views group home page! Feel free to post your feature in the Featured Images Archive 2022 and participate in our group discussion threads. Thank you!
Eads, TN - United States
Well done! Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "Oct Nov Dec 2022 Features."
JABALPUR, MA - India
GRACIOUS vibrant Art WorkĀ on Divine subject Ā + L f Tw Steve u might have received my detailed mail awaiting reply as per ur convenience
Sonoran Desert, AZ - United States
Steve! Your beautiful work has been given SPECIAL NOTICE, as one of "JANET'S JUBILATIONS!" It can be found in the NEW DISCUSSION thread, in the "BEAUTY OF ARIZONA," art group. One of 15 different artists chosen for the week of 02/17/20. I have written a note above your artwork, sharing why I chose it. Janetš
Zagreb, Cr - Croatia
The eternally interesting motif of the Grand Canyon with its hues, ocher, gold, blue, velvet .. with excellent textures and a point of view. BIA l/f/pin/tw
Los Gatos, Ca - United States
Your masterful use of varying the color hues leads the viewer around and into the recesses of this glorious canyon! Beautiful work, Steve!
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Jane, for taking the time to "travel" through and around this artwork.
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