Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Still Standing
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Paper
Description
It started out as a seedling, then a sapling. It was the veriest sprite of a tree, surrounded by a forest of much bigger trees. Every day it struggled for light – the precious sunlight that all life on the planet needs to grow and thrive.
Day by day the little tree grew; year by year it added to its height and girth. Eventually, it became a decent-sized tree, no longer in danger of being trampled underfoot by a passing human or animal. One day, it was Christmas-tree sized, but no one came up that year, or at least to that place, to select it.
And so the tree continued to grow. With time, it grew into a mighty tree, like one of those that used to tower over it in its very early, vulnerable days. It was now the grandest of trees in a great forest.
And then . . . something happened, and the tree died. Perhaps it was attacked by bugs and parasites. Maybe it was lightning. Or the trunk was completely ringed and it could no longer get the nourishment it needed, flowing through its tree veins from the sap. Slowly but surely, the tree lost its needles, until one day it was completely bare.
This great and mighty tree, that had so gloriously reigned for many years, was now a snag – a dead tree, detritus, dried wood ready to fall and finish its existence on the forest floor.
Only . . . it didn’t fall. The tree stayed standing, denuded of all its greenery, a mass of bare branches that stood out against the foliage surrounding, but still tall, still towering, a landmark of its own in a forested landscape.
Strong, determined, indomitable, the tree wasn’t ready yet to give up the fight, just because it looked like it had lost.
It was still standing.
Featured on 25 Fine Art America groups.
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April 10th, 2020
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Zagreb, Cr - Croatia
Beautiful landscape painting, great texture on the tree and lovely colors! l/f/pin/tw
Los Gatos, Ca - United States
The shadows on the tree give it great dimension and character. Lovely work! L/F
Plant City, FL - United States
Congratulations for your feature on the aRt dIStriCt HomePage! Bravo!
Montvale, VA - United States
Steve, great painting and I just loved your story!!! You not only can paint, you write beautifully. L/F
Bensalem, PA - United States
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in The World We See:-)
Halifax, NS - Canada
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our Homepage!
Germantown, WI - United States
Steve, I love this piece and your description of this mighty tree. Nature teaches us so much, especially its spirit to survive. Thank you! Be safe!
Titusville, FL - United States
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Iola, WI - United States
Congratulations for having this piece of your artwork from your portfolio chosen to be featured on our homepage of the WFS group. It is worthy of such admiration and I am proud to display your fine art on the homepage of our family of friends and fine artists. Thanks for sharing your talents and beautiful pieces of artwork with our art community.
NIcholasville, KY - United States
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Created by my Hands
Bensalem, PA - United States
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in An Image Inspiring Meditation:-)
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