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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
First Light
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
The first light of morning glows gently on an alpine lake, as day begins in the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
This spectacular lake in the wilderness is Ice Lake, the result of nine miles of hiking uphill on trails that are rocky and sometimes quite steep. For many months of the year, Ice Lake is covered in snow, and it is the intrepid hiker indeed who makes it up here.
Because of the altitude, even in the summer the mornings at Ice Lake are Cold, and the artwork, First Light, captures this sense of brisk coolness. One feels what it would be like to emerge from the tent, quickly donning one’s coat, and setting about building a campfire with which to heat water. Once the water is boiling, the cocoa is quickly made, and it is time to sit at the banks of the lake, gently sipping the hot liquid, and reflecting upon the quiet and peacefulness of the time and place.
Because it is quiet here. The hiker may or may not be alone – many people hike to Ice Lake and tents can be seen dotting the area – but at the same time, most of these people came here because they value the quiet, and they want to experience it. Hikers like these do not tend to have radios, and even cell phones frequently don’t work – so one is forced to disregard the trappings of modern life and immerse oneself in a landscape that is timeless and majestic.
First Light invites the viewer to step into this landscape of peace, quiet, and majesty, reflecting upon the day that is just dawning, and where things will go as the sun rises in the sky and warms the air. This is a place worth spending time in.
Featured in 42 Fine Art America groups.
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November 9th, 2017
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Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on your features! F/L
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!! 😊
Chennai, In - India
CONGRATS!! Your beautiful artwork has been featured in FUN PAINTING ARTISTS group. You are invited to promote your artwork in “Thank you and Promote” discussion thread of the group.
Dayton, WA - United States
To the buyer from California: To wake up to clear skies with an autumnal freshness in the air and look out upon a pristine high mountain lake is to know beauty and serenity at its best. May the artwork First Light remind you always of those simple pleasures. Enjoy the view!
Dayton, WA - United States
A special word of thanks to the buyer from Texas who purchased a print of First Light: may this artwork instill in your heart and home a sense of the wonder and mystery of the natural world that surrounds. Enjoy the view! Enjoy the silence!
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 #16 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Tualatin, OR - United States
Gorgeous use of light and complementary colors. L/f and nominated on 1000 views group 😍
Port Orange, FL - United States
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Bloomington, MN - United States
Gorgeous landscape, Steve. I love the richness of the colors reflecting off the water. Also, fascinating balance between light and dark areas. Great description, also, especially the part including cocoa!
Dayton, WA - United States
Thank you very much to the buyer from Wales who purchased a print of First Light. May this work instill in your heart and home that sense of beauty and mystery and warmth that awaits the observer of the first rays of the sun to strike the mountain tops surrounding an alpine lake -- a very special moment, a promise of things to come. Enjoy the view!
Zagreb, Cr - Croatia
Beautiful landscape painting, great lowing colors on alpine lake and mountains! BIA l/f/pin/tw
Tucson, AZ - United States
just stunning, Steve. the colors here are so remarkable. What a place to get lost in
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