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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
The Land Of Chief Joseph
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
A burst of yellow wildflowers heralds spring, while snow packed peaks surround the viewer in a mountain wilderness landscape.
This is The Land of Chief Joseph, the mountain in the Wallowa Range of Oregon that overlooks Lake Wallowa and the valley where Young Chief Joseph, and his Nez Perce band, spend the summers and spring hunting, fishing, and gathering berries.
It is not that long ago – the late 19th century – that Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce lived in and loved this area, but the change that has been wrought in that 130 years is massive and, for the Native American tribe that for so long called this area home, calamitous.
There is a small area of the landscape, down between the end of the lake and the road that runs into the town of Joseph, that belongs to the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce, who acquired it back in the late 20th century. Visitors – non-Native American as well as those of the tribe – are welcome to walk the trails that meander through the fields, and feel the embrace of the mountains that surround and embrace.
If you block your peripheral vision and just stare into the mountains and the trees, it’s possible to imagine what it must have been like here back when the land was the home of Chief Joseph and his people.
The painting, The Land of Chief Joseph, is created from the perspective of the hill over the lake, an area that developers have wanted to fill with hotels and resorts because of the view, but which remains untouched, still able to be hiked, still able to be walked, still able to be visited with a sense of wonder and awe. The Land of Chief Joseph invites us to step into a landscape of mountains and snow, wildflowers and meadow grass, silence and memories.
Featured in 33 Fine Art America groups.
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March 30th, 2017
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Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding Land of Chief Joseph composition, lighting, shading, lovely color and artwork! F/L voted
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… ROCK MOUNTAINS! Fl
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding Yellow Wildflowers/Snow Packed Peaks composition, lighting, shading, beautiful color and artwork! F/L voted
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!!
Maggie Valley, NC - United States
love the flowered foreground contrast to the snow covered mountains
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L voted in CHANGING SEASONS contest
Bensalem, PA - United States
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared:-)
Longview, WA - United States
God has truly gifted you Steve.....This is a Fabulous Landscape.......v./f./tweet
Zagreb_Sesvete - Croatia
revisit... marvelous indeed! thanx for sharing the photo of the painting, as well as writing the description!... ;-} (l+f)
East Berlin, PA - United States
Steve, congratulations on being chosen as one of the Special Featured Artists of the Week in the group Visions of Spring - Glances of Summer - beautiful work. f/l
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Cindy. The Wallowa Mountains in Oregon are indeed a beautiful place -- majestic, strong, timeless.
Little Neck, NY - United States
Congratulations, Steve! Your magnificent spring time landscape is being featured in the Special Featured Artists of the Week Section of the Visions of Spring - Glances of Summer Homepage. Thank you for sharing your amazing artwork with our Group. Just make sure to archive your featured image in the discussion thread designated for this purpose. F/L.
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Dora Sofia -- it is an honor indeed for the artwork, The Land of Chief Joseph, to have been chosen for the Special Featured Artists of the Week section of the Fine Art America group, Visions of Spring -- Glances of Summer. That little bit of snow left at the top of the peaks is a reminder that the coolness of winter is still hanging on, but spring will burst in on the scene, whether winter is ready or not.
Leeds, ME - United States
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art Forever With You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “March 2018 Stunning Group Featured Images” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Pinterest page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan
Iola, WI - United States
Your artwork recently submitted to our group WFS, has been chosen to be featured on our homepage with other members of our family of friends and fine artists. Thanks for sharing the beauty.
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Randy, for featuring my artwork, The Land of Chief Joseph, on the home page of the Fine Art America group, Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery. I am most honored!
Redmond, WA - United States
Congratulations Steve, your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of “Impressionism” group! Feel free to add it to the featured art archive and the catalogs in the group’s discussions. Excellent work! Lori
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Lori, for featuring my artwork, The Land of Chief Joseph, on the leading page of the Fine Art America group, Impressionism. I am honored indeed, especially as I love the painting style that incorporates representational with impressionism.
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, John, for featuring my artwork, The Land of Chief Joseph, in the Fine Art America group, Images That Excite You. The Wallowa Mountains of Oregon are a place that continuously excite me, because of their rugged beauty, their poignant history, and the sheer majesty of the landscape.
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