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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Oregon Coast Afterglow
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Paper
Description
Sunset is never in a hurry.
If you have walked along a U.S. Pacific Coast beach during the gloaming hour – that period of time just after the sun officially sets and before night’s darkness enters in – then you know just how long the light can linger, how the clouds on the horizon change slowly from glowing pinks and oranges to deep, brooding purples and blues.
The sand along the coast changes correspondingly with the sky, especially when puddles act as mirrors to the palette overhead. This moment of afterglow, especially when the tide is out and the surf is resting, is a time of incredible peace and quiet, complemented with a sense of wonder and awe.
The artwork, Oregon Coast Afterglow, invites the viewer to step into this world of tranquility and beauty. Like the sunset itself, there is no sense of hurry, the only consideration being that in a very short while, the darkness will take over and engulf the landscape. But if there is a moon, or if no moon, stars twinkling in a clear sky, then there is enough light to see by, and one can continue one’s stroll down the beach.
This is a time to stop and look at sky, surf, and sand, all of which are changing their color and form before our eyes, as the golden glow of sunset segues into the shadows of night. In the quiet, in the peace, we look out to sea, past the rocks that stand as sentinels just off the shore, and our eyes reach, reach, reach as far out to sea as they can.
It’s difficult to identify the horizon line, that point when water meets sky, and the darker it gets the more blurred the line becomes. Soon we realize that we have been standing there, still and concentrated, thinking about things that have nothing to do with work, or world politics, or the auto repair bill, or any of the many thoughts that crowd and jostle through our heads throughout the day.
We have been watching the sunset. And sunsets are never in a hurry.
A complementary artwork to Oregon Coast Afterglow is Fire on Shore, also on this site.
Featured in 32 Fine Art America groups.
Second Place Winner -- The Colors of Twilight Contest -- July 2019
Uploaded
February 27th, 2019
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Viewed 12,989 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/19/2024 at 3:44 PM
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Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Thanks for sharing this popular beauty! Congratulations! Your wonderful work has been featured on the home page of the Over 3000 Views group. Please make it available for future viewing by posting your feature in the Featured Images Archive discussion thread and any other appropriate discussion threads-- ie sales of your group images etc.
Kharkiv - Ukraine
Congratulations, Steve! Your outstanding painting is now featured in the 100 Favorite group! Fav
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Awesome beautiful sunset composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …Voted for this piece in the OH THOSE BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS - GROUP MEMBERS ONLY contest!
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding capture and excellent artwork! F/L …voted on this piece in the Blues and Purples contest!
Dayton, WA - United States
A special word of thanks to the buyer from Washington who purchased the original artwork of Oregon Coast Afterglow: May this artwork fill your home and heart with a sense of peaceful contemplation of the beauty and mystery found in the natural world. Enjoy the view, the stillness, the tranquility!
LABRUYERE-DORSA, FR - France
Such beautiful colors Steve! Congratulations for your special feature in "Exclusively Drawings and Paintings"!
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.
Danville, KY - United States
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Steve, You are the tied SECOND PLACE WINNER in THE COLOURS OF TWILIGHT CONTEST which hosted 98 members, exhibited 244 artworks and attracted 577 votes! With this contest featuring so many magnificent Fine Art submittals, this is truly an honor to be recognized for your aesthetic. Well done.
Danville, KY - United States
Voted! Mesmerizing colours and reflections...I can hear the distant waves...and the stillness of the beach
Danville, KY - United States
Steve, such an amazing entry!...one wishes to rest and sink into it! Will Vote!
Springfield, IL - United States
Congratulations your wonderful work is now featured on Artist Salon 1! Please add your work to our Discussion archive for features.
New Sweden , ME - United States
What a beautiful watercolor, Steve. Such a beautiful time of day, love the reflections in the water and the stones circling the pool. LF
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Sam. This particular time of day holds a lot of mystery and memories -- fun and challenging to paint.
Tucson, Ar - United States
wonderful color, outline of the landscape, reflection, and glow. sublime!
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