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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Valley Of Stones
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
It is high in the mountains, this valley of stone. One must hike hours to get here, and even then, that’s not enough. Because you must stop, and allow yourself to see. As with any landscape, unless you do this, you will easily pass it by, on the way to “more important things.”
Tumbling down from the hillside, rocks and boulders cascade from above, a waterfall of granite. Although all is still, there is a sense of movement, of dynamics, of change and life.
A cluster of trees in the background surrounds a pile of rocks. Light shines upon them, creating a glow as well as a sense that these trees have personalities; they could speak, if only we knew what to say. They stand as a group, shoulder to shoulder, almost hugging the rocks, protectively.
The entire effect is one of magic, of fantasy, of an other-worldly place: could there be sprites here? Faeries? Pixies? It is a fanciful thought, but there is something about this place that inspires the mind to travel around and up and over, far away from the prosaic, the conventional, the commonplace.
Why not? Why not allow the mind to soar, like a pixie or a sprite, up the hillside and to the tops of the mountains ringing around? While there, dance across the edges before leaping, nimbly, back into the valley, and hopping from rock to rock to rock until you reach the foreground of the painting.
“Oh, this is silly,” some mutter. “I’m going to go do my more important things.”
And what could be more important than taking time out to dream and daydream, to imagine and wonder, to think and pretend – important things that we did readily as children, and sadly, put away when we boxed up our toys and . . . our imagination?
Step into the Valley of Stone, and see what you discover.
(The Valley of Stone is located in the Wallowa Mountain wilderness of Oregon, USA.)
Featured in 38 Fine Art America groups
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April 3rd, 2020
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Carolyn LeGrand 20 Days Ago
Coos Bay, OR - United States
A Masterpiece of artwork!! Magical for sure!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Outstanding work, Steve! Voted your entry in the Rock and Stone Painting contest.
Cambridge, ON - Canada
Congratulations, Steve, on your ROCKS contest 3rd place win with this lovely valley painting! L/F
Budapest, BP - Hungary
Congratulations on your 3 place win in the Rocks contest Steve...outstanding painting LF
San Diego, CA - United States
Another one that made me gasp at the first glance. I hope to get even half as good as you are. I learn quite a bit from each of your masterpieces. Your use of light and color together are really outstanding Steve!
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, NL. A painter couldn't ask for a more welcome reaction to an artwork.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest EARTH
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