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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Green Pastures
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
It would be delightful to spend time here, in the little house with the red roof, nestled at the base of the mountain.
Trees ring the yard, forming a natural fence, and in the pasture just outside their border, a group of sheep chomp contentedly on the green grass. Now and then you hear one bleat, another answer, but for the most part it is quite silent, quiet calm.
The artwork, Green Pastures, invites us to the little house with the red roof, encourages us to step outside into the meadow and walk around with the sheep. (They may run, because sheep do that – sometimes they panic at a strange sound or situation and flee heedlessly, mindlessly following a leader; but other times, when they know and trust us because we’ve taken time and are the type of person to be someone they can know and trust, they continue with their feeding. Humans can learn a lot about how to act, and not act, by studying sheep.)
It’s a cool day in spring, with clouds blocking the sun, but the sun being what it is, it can’t be blocked for long. Now and then it peeks through the clouds and sends a ray down onto the ground.
And then there’s that mountain, looming behind the little house with the red roof. Strong, silent, imposing and yet protective, the mountain holds fast to that winter’s snow. Its sheer size and overwhelming presence is a comforting reminder to us of how big the world is, how much of it is beyond our ability to conquer and dominate, how even the grasping hands of the most greedy men can’t mangle and manipulate everything.
The mountain is timeless, silent, comfortable with its existence, and not planning on going anywhere anytime soon.
No wonder it feels so good to spend time here.
Featured on 29 Fine Art American groups, including Oil Paintings of Nature.
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June 17th, 2021
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Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your winning 3rd Place in the contest… REALISM NO PHOTOGRAPHY 2! Fl
Port Orange, FL - United States
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #19 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
San Francisco Bay Area, CA - United States
Magnificent work, Steve ~ superb colors and majestic composition! Nominating for a Special Feature in the 1,000 Views on 1 Image group. F/L
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest ANIMAL PAINTING
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
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