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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Contemplation
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
In the midst of blazing leaves, a young woman contemplates her future.
âAutumn,â we pronounce, âis a time of everything ending, because the leaves are dying and getting ready to fall, because winter is coming.â
Well, this is one way to look at it â a bleak way â but another way to view the color and blazing emotion of autumn is that it is just that: oranges and reds and yellows and golds and rusts and burgundies, colors that we rarely see in the midst of summer, but are surrounded by in the season of fall.
In many ways, these colors are those of sunset on the coast, and as we all know, sunset on the coast is not the end of all things because the next step is the darkness of night. As sure as there is darkness â usually not total darkness, incidentally, since the moon and their stars provide light of a different kind â there is light the next day as the dawn approaches.
So it is with autumn, with its blaze of color signifying the time of harvest and gathering. Yes, winter will follow, but so also will spring after winter, and summer after that. It is a reminder, one perhaps that the young woman is contemplating at the beginning of her mortal life, that there is a time and season for everything, and though we may wish to stop in one season, or jump ahead to another, these are not decisions within our control.
What we can do, and what we come to realize as we take time to contemplate, is that every season has its own beauty, and its own challenges, and it behooves us to recognize, accept, work with, and understand this situation. In doing so, we marvel at the beauty of each season, and rest in knowing that it has its place and time, as do we.
Featured in 29 Fine Art America groups.
Second Place Winner, Autumn Leaves Contest on Fine Art America â October 2020
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March 17th, 2017
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Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Spectacular autumn composition, lighting, shading, brilliant colors and artwork! F/L voted
Islamabad, Is - Pakistan
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Dayton, WA - United States
To the buyer from Switzerland: Thank you for your purchase and may this artwork each day remind you of the power of slowing down and taking time to really look and ponder the world around us. Enjoy your empowerment!
Broadway, NJ - United States
Steve Henderson, This is a lovely view of Contemplation! Congratulations on your 3rd Place WIN in the AUTUMN Leaves show! Hoping you will take the host group A4B challenge by transforming content into new wide formats 3:1 by creative, fusion & triptychs... A 4 season wide ladies muse would be a special polyptych... quadriptych or tetratych! GJ glorijean
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your winning 2nd place in the AUTUMN FALL COLORFUL LEAVES COUNTRY contest!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your 2d place win in the Autumn Leaves contest! voted
Bradenton, FL - United States
Awesome capture and artwork! voted in AUTUMN FALL COLORFUL LEAVES COUNTRY contest! Fl v
Broadway, NJ - United States
Wonderful Ablaze & new expression of Autumn, Steve! Hoping you will take the A4B challenge.. Let's see some of your paintings transform into wide format artworks, triptychs! Ablaze! Your paintings always inspire. Thank You for sharing your artwork. Admin & Fellow, GJ glorijean
Charlotte, NC - United States
Very expressive and full of feeling. This painting is perfectly named as well. l/f
Murphy, NC - United States
very pretty, she is all caught up in her thoughts!
Steve Henderson replied:
Yes. Those thoughts that are with us always, yet are rarely give the time they require.
Nizhniy Novgorod - Russian Federation
So simple and so beautiful!
Steve Henderson replied:
Yes, it is amazing how often simplicity and beauty go hand in hand. Thank you, Elena.
Cedar City, UT - United States
Fantastic autumn painting Steve, Congratulations on your Highlight Artist of the Week Feature in WFS!...L
Iola, WI - United States
Congratulations for being one of our present SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTISTS, as you are very deserving of this special honor. Check it out on top of the Homepage of our site. It surely is a true honor to FEATURE THIS BEAUTY ON OUR HOMEPAGE! Your talents and love for art are surely dominant in this beautiful piece of outstanding art work! Thanks so very much for sharing, so we may enjoy and adore the beauty within! LIKED AND FAVED Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group) http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html
Leeds, ME - United States
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the âArt for Ever with Youâ Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the groupâs discussion post titled â2018 December: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-youâsâ for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ . If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (December 5, 2018)
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