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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Beachside Diversions
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The love of a mother for her child is a truth that simply is.
It’s mysterious, it’s awesome, it’s beautiful, and it’s something that we can’t figure out. The odd thing about things that we can’t figure out, however, is that they’re not untrue simply because we can’t classify them.
In other words, as a culture that extols science to the point of worshiping it, we have a tendency to discount the fantastic, miraculous nature of anything once we can count it, identify it, describe it, or classify it, as if putting elements into the cubbyhole we have created removes them of their mystery or awe.
“Oh, motherhood,†some people shrug. “All feelings are basically just chemical reactions – even love – so it’s not like they’re spiritual or extra special or anything.â€
Such a boring world people like this inhabit, a world where nothing is awesome or mysterious, despite their claims that science is the pinnacle of all human thought.
In the artwork, Beachside Diversions, there is not only the mystical nature of motherhood, the deep and abiding love and sense of protection that a parent feels toward child, there is also the look of the child herself. While the mother busies herself over straightening the cap, the child looks in the distance, to a point behind the viewer, and seems to see something that we would say isn’t there.
“Fey†is the word that comes to mind – other worldly, something not easily explained, and all the more for being unable to be explained, it is real, it is definite, it is a truth that we know exists, but cannot put our fingers on.
Such is much of what truth is: it is much deeper than we are willing to look, and though parts of it can be identified and classified and named and described, truth goes far, far beyond the box that we humans put it in.
Featured in 27 Fine Art America groups.
Uploaded
March 16th, 2017
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Gary F Richards 1 Day Ago
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… MOTHER'S DAY ART SALES! F/L
Gary F Richards 5 Days Ago
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Truly lovely Beachside Diversions composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L voted
Albuquerque, NM - United States
This is just a stunning oil painting, Steve -- I'm a new fan and just voted for this!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your first place win in the Motherhood contest! voted
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Steve, on your 1st Place Win in the Motherhood Contest for this beautiful painting!
Providence Forge, VA - United States
Such a beautiful piece of artwork! A perfect loving mother-child portrait.
Dayton, WA - United States
I extend a word of thanks to the buyer from North Carolina who purchased a print of Beachside Diversions: May your sense of beauty, tranquility and peace be ever heightened by enjoying this piece of artwork. Enjoy the stroll, the memories, the moment!
CA, CA - United States
Steve, your subject matter is always so refreshing! Congratulations on your feature in 1000 Views. FL
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