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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Mountain Refuge
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The waiting room of a medical clinic is not a relaxing place. Nor is an office cubicle. Nor schoolroom, parking lot, interior of an airport, or the aisles of a grocery store.
Places such as these, where we are accustomed to spend much time, give back little to our souls and hearts. Regardless of how sumptuous the interior decoration (which generally isn’t the case at all), there is little in these spaces of freedom, majesty, beauty, magnificence, splendor or joy. There are chairs, desks, indoor/outdoor carpets, practical items that do not invite us to something bigger, grander, better. Only if there is art on the walls do our minds and hearts have opportunity to enter into a state of higher contemplation, unless the art is the kind that is there simply because it matches the colors on the rug.
But there is a place, there are places, where we can find the deeper, better, wiser things. Out in nature there are no cheap plastic chairs, inane magazines with celebrity photos on the cover, three-quarter cubicle walls covered with grey carpet, mindless music piped through the building’s speakers. In nature there are massive mountains, stately trees, gigantic boulders, wispy wildflowers, slow-flowing streams that reflect the sunlight and clouds in the sky above. Its sounds are intriguing, interesting, provocative: the complicated song of a bird, the whisper of the water over the rocks, the amazingly loud – and persistent – chirrup of the cricket.
We find ourselves alert, engaged and creative, while at the same time we feel calm, thoughtful, pensive and still.
This is the world that the artwork, Mountain Refuge, invites us to step into. It’s a big world, a grand world, a world that does not box us in with walls, or trap us behind desks, or frighten us with a cold, clinical attitude. It is a timeless world, one made for humans to explore, reach into, and live.
Let us, then . . . live.
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September 3rd, 2021
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Montvale, VA - United States
wonderful place to sit and relax, lovely painting. L/F/Tw/Pin
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Constance. It is indeed a wonderful place to sit and contemplate.
WEST RYDE, NS - Australia
Congratulations on your feature in the Semi Abstract - 1 A Day group! You are invited to add your featured image to the group discussion thread created for archiving features along with the date of this feature.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… JUST AN OLD FASHIONED ART SHOW! F/L
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
Richardson, TX - United States
Gorgeous Landscape painting! Nominating for special feature on the 1000 view group. T/F
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
Cape Town - South Africa
Steve, yet another masterpiece! Your work is truly inspirational. This piece with its perspective, composition, colors and textures is a prime example! V/F
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Michael, for your generous words. I am very gratified that these works inspire you.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Revisiting! Still Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L
Raleigh, NC - United States
You truly captured the beauty of this mountain and creek. I could look at this composition endlessly.
Steve Henderson replied:
That is exactly the response I hope for when painting a composition. Thank you, Elaine, for your welcome words.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… LANDSCAPES! F/L
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest LANDSCAPES
Ashkelon, Is - Israel
I vote for your works every content I see them in, I think you are one of the best artist on this site (if not the best).Love your works, all of them!
Las Vegas, NV - United States
Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" group's front gallery! Please post it in the respective travel gallery. For further exposure, check the Social Media links on our home page: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your winning 3rd Place tie in the contest… MOUNTAIN PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS! F/L
Amherst, OH - United States
congrats on your 3rd place finish in the mountain paintings and photographs contest!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your tie for a 3d place win in the Mountain Paintings and Photographs contest!
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Steve, on your Win in the Mountain Paintings and Photographs Contest for this gorgeous painting! Well deserved. One of my favorites. Voted.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Magnificent beautiful composition, lighting, shading and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest MOUNTAIN PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Spectacular composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L Voted for this piece in the contest FOCUS ON WILDLIFE AND OR THE GREAT OUTDOORS
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