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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Hidden Path To The Sea
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
On the beach, the landscape changes not only daily but hourly, as the rising and falling tide leaves its mark on the sand and in the rocks.
So it is with the artwork, Hidden Path to the Sea, which gently leads the viewer forward through the rocks, following a glistening ribbon of water down the beach. Is it a path? Or is it just the illusion of a path? Will it become stronger and more bold as we follow it, or will it wisp away into nothingness?
To a certain extent, we can’t know until we start to follow it, our eyes on the ground before us as we move forward. There is a bit of fantasy here, a bit of mystery and intrigue, a delightful adventure as we pick our way through the stones and driftwood.
Ahead of us, just in the distance, is the sea, so we know that even if the path wends its way into nothingness, we will not be lost.
Paths are interesting things: some of them are clearly marked and easy to follow, possibly because so many people have already been on them.
But other paths, like Hidden Path to the Sea, are less clear, less demarcated, less wide and smooth and clear, and sometimes, in our lives, we feel as if we are on such a path.
“Does it go here?” we wonder. “Did it just disappear? Why is this path – my path – so incredibly difficult to follow, and why does there not appear to be anyone else on the path with me?
“Why can’t I be on a broad, smooth path?”
And while this is a reasonable, understandable question, the answer invites us to a deeper place: wide, smooth, well traveled paths generally lead to familiar, quite possibly crowded places.
The narrow, hard to see, hard to follow paths lead to places not many people have been, but places very well worth being. Perhaps our Hidden Path to the Sea is taking us there.
(The beach painted in Hidden Path to the Sea is located on the Oregon Coast in the United States, but it is a place that could be anywhere on the coastal landscape.)
Featured in 24 Fine Art America groups.
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September 13th, 2018
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San Diego, CA - United States
Your use of color is brilliant Steve! Ever think of doing an online workshop?
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your first place win in the Misty Seascape contest! voted l/f
Akureyri, No - Iceland
Beautiful choice of colors; great depth of field; simply a masterpiece! Love the reflection in the foreground. I imagine a variation of brushes and palette knives, correct?
Sesvete, Eu - Croatia
I love this losing view down the beach, the water that leaves traces in the sand, the long shadows and sunny peaks. BIA l/f/pin/tw
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Jasna, for taking the time to "enter" into this artwork and experience it.
Cypress, TX - United States
Very beautiful with the rocks and the left and the flat land on the right!
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 #13 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Yuma, AZ - United States
Such a beautiful painting, Steve!! Nominated it for the 1000 discussion!! v/f/t
Waynesboro, PA - United States
So very lovely...I wish I could walk that path! l/f
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Suzanne. THAT path is very walkable for those who take the time to see it. Happy strolling!
Leuth, NR - Germany
Me also fascinates the phrase "path to the sea". It's like a spell, a prayer, a poetry... All my life I going by path to the sea... This work breathes a sea air.
Zagreb, Cr - Croatia
I love this wonderful view that lead us to the end of beach and loses, light and shadows which create beautiful shades of colors. l/f/tw
Leeds, ME - United States
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 October: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” 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 Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (October 14, 2018)
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