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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
High On Zion
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
The singer John Denver made a career out of singing about the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, most notably remembered for his song, Rocky Mountain High. It’s a terrific play on words, encapsulating the almost heady feeling one gets when we are out in the wilderness, far from the crowds and noise and bustle.
There is, indeed, something about the heights, being at the top of things, surveying the world from above. When we are atop, looking down, details below look smaller, more distant, less formidable than when we are in the valley, surrounded by the mountains and cliffs and looking up at them as obstacles to be climbed.
High on Zion, the artwork, transports the viewer to a high meadow in Zion National Park, Utah, USA. We are on the West Rim Trail, looking down and into the main area of the park, where – though we can’t see it – throngs of tourists are filling the buses that shuttle them from one end of the park to another.
Where we are, however, there are no throngs or tourists or buses. There is no crowding or jostling. There are no people with their faces pasted to their phones (unless we are foolish enough to be doing so ourselves).
What there is, however, is silence. The towering peaks that surround the tourists, embracing them and teasing them to scale, are at our feet because we have made long, steady climb to get here – an area that many tourists forgo in exchange for the more popular trails.
Outside of being in an airplane, it is the closest we get to feeling how a bird feels, soaring overhead and looking down.
Shortly, we will have to leave, because one cannot stay at the heights forever. But even as we re-enter the lower regions of the park, as we run into the buses and the shuttles and the throngs and the tourists, we carry with us the sense of solitude and peace, the tranquility of the high places, that heady feeling of freedom and joy.
A companion piece to High on Zion is Where Angels Land, also on this site.
Featured in 24 Fine Art America groups.
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February 13th, 2019
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Dayton, WA - United States
To the buyer from Utah: Thank you very much for your print purchases of both Clearwater Revival AND High On Zion. May these artworks be a source of beauty and inspiration in your daily life -- to see the mystery, the serenity, the tranquility that can be found in the natural world around us. Enjoy the views!
Oafsfirdi, CA - Iceland
Well done, i like how it´s put together, and the colors are verry good, i wouldnt have expected for a work of this color would stand out to me looking through your site. And upclose.... the pencil strokes, Beutyful!... Hvae a nice day!
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.
Port Orange, FL - United States
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Syracuse, NY - United States
You have a wonderfully poetic style to your descriptions, Steve -- I enjoy reading them almost as much as I enjoy looking at your artwork! L/F
Leeds, ME - United States
Congratulations!! This stunning 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 “2019 May: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (May 29, 2019)
Las Vegas, NV - United States
Congratulations - Your beautiful picture has been featured in the "Travel Art" group! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html * You are also invited to post it to our group's blog: travelartpix.com for worldwide exposure!
Issaquah, WA - United States
Congratulations Steve, your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of Impressionism group! Please take a moment to visit the group and view it there as it has been carefully arranged and displayed with other fantastic artist’s works. Also, feel free to add it to the featured art archive in the group’s discussions as well. Excellent work! Lori
WEST RYDE, NS - Australia
Promoting the beautiful artwork on the Semi Abstract group "Landscapes - Semi Abstract 2 A Day" discussion thread! f/l
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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