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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Looking Towards Hurricane Valley
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
It’s an unexpected sight, the little footbridge, in the midst of a wild, majestic, wilderness landscape.
But while unexpected, the obviously human-created structure is not necessarily incongruous to its surroundings. Simple, rustic, understated, it blends into its environment by incorporating natural elements. And because the bridge exists, the nature loving hiker is able to cross the stream and continue walking on another human creation – the path that leads through the trees and fields of this 148 acres of land in Joseph, OR, reclaimed by the Nez Perce Tribe.
(The tribe graciously allows visitors, townspeople, and other non tribal members to walk through this, their ancestral land. It is an act of generosity that one rarely sees in this profit-obsessed world of ours.)
The bridge and path are examples of how we, as humans, can work with our environment, as opposed to the driving domination and plunder employed by the world of corporations and mega-businesses and rapacious financial institutions. Indeed, it is through cooperating sensitively and intelligently with nature that we create escapes from the corporate culture and its disdain for beauty, dignity, and life itself.
The artwork, Looking Towards Hurricane Valley, invites the viewer on a little walk. In the distance are the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon, USA. They rise up quickly, steeply, with little fuss or attention to foothills, and even in the summer retain a dusting of snow.
We don’t have to take a long hike. The trails wind gently through the landscape, each turn offering a different view of this quiet, sacred place. The people we meet here nod, smile, greet, and move on, because they, too, enjoy the silence and the beauty.
When we get to the footbridge, we stop in the middle and look down at the stream. We listen to the gentle current. And are a part of this world.
(A companion piece to Looking Towards Hurricane Valley is Chief Joseph Range, also on this site by Steve Henderson.)
Featured on 29 Fine Art America groups, including Pacific Northwest Artists.
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June 2nd, 2021
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Middletown, PA - United States
Beautiful work, Steve!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Middletown, PA - United States
Beautiful work, Steve!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "For the ART of It"!! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Ventura, CA - United States
Wonderful work! Congratulations for your feature in FINE ART UNIVERSITY OF PAINTING l/f
Port Orange, FL - United States
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the Feature Archive and any other appropriate Archives l/f/p
Seattle, Wa - United States
Love the sweeping brushstrokes that go with the mountains and the coloration adds so much!
San Pedro, CA - United States
Is this area not a majestic wee corner of paradise? As a Joseph, I loved visiting Joseph, OR! Amazing work !
Prairie Grove, AR - United States
Your work is an inspiration to artists here on FAA! Another fine painting!
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