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Dayton, WA
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Title
Midnight Coppei
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
The cool light of moon casts shadows in a forest of barren trees.
But the barrenness is a misnomer, actually: the forest only seems barren because it is the midst of winter, and the the leaves are gone from the trees. This same landscape, seen in summer on a warm, lazy afternoon, would seem full of life and color.
Even in the midst of winter, however, even in the midst of what we call barrenness, this is light – moonlight – and color – deep blue that dapples in reflective color upon the snow. In the background there is the slightest hint of pink, perhaps from the very last vestige of the sunset, its colors dominated by the blue of the forest.
Midnight Coppei is a forest landscape in Eastern Washington State, a grove of trees set in the midst of the country, a hidden enclave surrounded by the fields and meadows of agriculture. Coppei (pronounced COP – ee – aye) is a river of the area, one that swells full in the spring and can practically disappear in the middle of summer.
Ghostly, haunting, mysterious – the forest of Midnight Coppei invites the viewer into a landscape of silence and quiet. Snow on the ground muffles the sound of any footsteps, and indeed, without a path to walk through, the hiker will quickly find his or her feet wet, not the best situation on a cold evening in the country.
There are many places like Midnight Coppei out in the country, but because they are hidden throughout the hills and fields, one finds them by looking – getting out of the car and walking into the landscape. Sometimes, it is only a matter of paces from the side of the road, other times, it is a matter of being willing to walk for awhile – but the effort is worth it, because the silence, the peace, the quiet, the tranquility – these are elements one finds far from the crowds.
Featured in 34 Fine Art America groups
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June 7th, 2017
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Danville, KY - United States
Steve, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TOP FINISH in the Winter Blues Art Contest, YAY!…SO WELL DESERVED!
Zeeland, MI - United States
Congratulations! Your beautiful image has been featured on 9/12/2021 on the group Celebrate Trees! Please feel free to visit the group and archive the feature, either in the feature thread or create your own. And, please visit some of your fellow featured artists and share some love through comments, likes and faves.
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!!
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted in the MYSTERIOUS TREES...contest!
Danville, KY - United States
The reflective long shadows in winters moonlight...are dreamy poetic impressions for me...EXQUISITE, Steve...v...best to you
Granville - United States
A lovely interplay of light and dark! Your wonderful art is being featured in Emotive Art Group! Please take a moment to visit the group and archive your work under the feature discussion link provided! ~Diamante
Independence, KS - United States
CONGRATULATIONS! This piece has been FEATURED on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 5/07/2020! Way to go! Please post it in the Group's Features discussion thread for posterity and/or any other thread that fits!
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
Bensalem, PA - United States
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in the World We See:-)
Danville, KY - United States
Simply STUNNING, Steve! Thanks for sharing the artistic insight...this MAGIC is born from one’s lifelong aesthetic of searching for and recognizing beauty until....one day, Beauty searches for and finds the Artist and EVERY nook and cranny exposes its Light interplay with colours in endless splays of Itself...and, one DELIGHTS in holding the brush and becoming one with the co-creative process into patterns that must be shared!! ...and, so... Beauty!
Bensalem, PA - United States
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in The World We See Group :-)
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Robyn, for featuring my artwork, Moonlight Coppei, in the Fine Art America group, The World We See. Seeing a world like this - a midnight moon in the snowy, country woods -- reminds us of the spectacular beauty found all through this planet.
Bensalem, PA - United States
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared :-)
Las Vegas, NV - United States
Congratulations! Your beautiful artwork has been featured on the homepage of "Travel Art" group at Fine Art America :) Please archive it in the specific travel category under discussions: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html?showmessage=true&messageid=3652847 and don't forget to promote it in our Pinterest group board and/or our Facebook group;)
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Tatiana, for featuring my artwork, Midnight Coppei, in the Fine Art America group, Travel Art. The landscape of the Eastern Washington country is one of great beauty -- places of quiet, peace, silence, and space. Here, the sky seems big, because the landscape is so grand and broad.
Dayton, WA - United States
Thank you, Dianna Lewis, the administrator of the Fine Art America group, Oil Paintings of Nature, for featuring Midnight Coppei on the home page of your group.
Dayton, WA - United States
Thank you, Jasna Dragun, the administrator of the Fine Art America group, Beauty in Art, for featuring my painting, Midnight Coppei, on the home page of your group.
Dayton, WA - United States
I extend my thanks to three more Fine Art America Groups -- 500 Views One Image a Day (February 15, 2018); Half the Color Wheel -- Green, Purple, Red (February 13, 2018) and Loving the Color Blue (February 8, 2018) -- for featuring the artwork, Midnight Coppei, on the home page of their respective groups. This brings to a running total of 15 FAA groups that have accorded Midnight Coppei this signature honor.
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Halifax, NS - Canada
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our homepage. Well done
Marion, IA - United States
Wonderful painting Steve - Love the description and the mood the scene presents! Well done. l/f
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