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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Harbor Faire
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
A collection of wooden sailboats glides through the waters of a busy, working dock.
The Wooden Sailboat Festival in Port Townsend, WA, is a step back into another era – a visual leap into the 19th century when the sail craft on the sea possessed a beauty of form and structure.
Although there are hundreds, thousands of people in attendance, there is not the noise that one expects in large gatherings. With no motors to break the soft lapping of the water in on the Sound, there is simply the laughter of the people sailing, the sound of one person crying out to another to adjust this or fix that, the conversational hum of spectators watching the boats gliding through the water.
In many ways, the activity in the water is like a dance. Close to the docks, there are more ships in proximity to one another, and as one looks further afield into the Sound, the distance between the vessels increase. But always, the sailboats look out for one another, keep a healthy distance even when forced to pass close, and the gentle movement is soothing, graceful, beautiful.
Because the dock at Port Townsend is also a working dock, there is a purposeful sense of work to the activity, even though the activity during the Wood Boat Festival is one of leisure. This is a place where wooden boats are always around, always welcome, a place where history blends into the present, and you can get a sense of what it was like to live during a time long before most of us were born.
Harbor Faire, the artwork, invites the viewer to step into the moment of the past, to listen to daily noises that don’t have to revolve around cell phones ringing, stereos blaring, and cars backfiring. Harbor Faire invites us to enjoy a moment of quiet, gentle peace, and the beautiful dance of the wooden boats.
Featured in 23 Fine Art America groups.
Uploaded
June 6th, 2017
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Viewed 21,289 Times - Last Visitor from Dayton, OH on 04/26/2024 at 4:07 PM
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New York, NY - United States
Absolutely a Masterpiece Steve! Wow! Very, very beautiful and skillfully executed. L/F and following. GJR
Dayton, WA - United States
A Merry Christmas and a thank you to the buyer from Louisiana who purchased a print of Harbor Faire: may this artwork instill in your heart and home a sense of joyful celebration throughout the year. Enjoy the moment!
San Francisco Bay Area, CA - United States
Magnificent, classic beauty ~ timeless and awe-inspiring, Steve. Love how the golden light bathes this majestic scene! F/L
Dayton, WA - United States
Thank you very much to the recent buyer from Colorado: may you enjoy that sense of celebration and beauty and freedom found in the artwork Harbor Faire.
Aliso Viejo, CA - United States
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
Minneapolis, MN - United States
Amazing use of the gold tones for that dusky look in contrast to the trees and water.
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Cheryle, for taking time to observe these details. Glad you enjoyed it.
Issaquah, WA - United States
Congratulations Steve, your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of Impressionism group! Please take a moment to visit the group and view it there as it has been carefully arranged and displayed on our gallery wall with other fantastic artist’s works. Also, feel free to add it to the featured art archive in the group’s discussions as well. Excellent work! Lori
Port Orange, FL - United States
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #11 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Burlington, NJ - United States
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured in the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group 4/1/19 l/f/pin
Tucson, AZ - United States
Is this Marblehead? It has to be! Very nice work.....I used to live there!
Steve Henderson replied:
This is Port Townsend, WA. I did look up Marblehead, MA and I would say it looks surprisingly similar. I do love these coastal bay towns.
Niceville, Fl - United States
Lovely golden light for this idyllic scene, Steve! LFT and nominated for a special feature in the 1000 Views group.
Independence, KS - United States
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your amazing artwork on the homepage of the Artist Group No Place Like Home, 3/30/2019! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Port Orange, FL - United States
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
NIcholasville, KY - United States
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Created by My Hands"
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