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Dayton, WA
$325.00
Title
Zion's West Canyon
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
The rocks are red and orange, colors that most of us β if we donβt live in the U.S. Southwest β are unfamiliar with. Rocks, we think, are supposed to be gray and slate.
But in Zion National Park in Utah, the rocks are not dull and drab β they glow warmly in the desert sun, and their very color gives us the idea that we are someplace unusual, someplace different, someplace with a touch of the magical about it.
The artwork, Zionβs Great West Canyon, focuses on these rocks, taking the viewers up to the heights and out of the valley. Painted in an impressionistic, brushy style, Zionβs Great West Canyon inspires us to get outside the norm and seek the roads that others donβt bother to look for.
While still part of Zion National Park, Zionβs Great West Canyon is in the βbacklandsβ of the park, and most people donβt see it. From your perspective as viewer, if you look at the flat peaks in the back of the painting, and imagine going over them, youβll be in the park proper, the part that most people see (and it is beautiful to see!) and are content to stay in.
But if you get in the mood to get away from the crowds β and Zion, which is reported to get 4.5 million visitors a year, gets crowded β then itβs worth looking for alternatives, and Zionβs Great West Canyon is one of them. The road is winding and steep, not something that can be driven quickly, but the very slowness allows one time to see and fully take in the view.
There are many parallels to lifeβs journey itself: when we stay with the crowds, we may feel safe and secure, but then again, we see the same things that the crowds see, and that not very well because there is so much hubbub and activity and noise.
Itβs only when we get away, on a road that not many take, that we see sights that not many see.
Featured in 23 Fine Art America groups.
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May 8th, 2019
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Duncan, OK - United States
Steve, your paintings are superb! Congratulations on your card sales today! Excellent work!
St. Augustine, Fl - United States
This is a lovely rendition of the canyon....great use of color and light. Voted for this piece in the UNIQUE GIFT FOR CHRISTAS Contest......good luck
Dayton, WA - United States
To the buyer from Minnesota: When standing before such geological, monumental, grandiose creations as the canyons of Zion one feels that overwhelming yet intimate feeling of awe and beauty and respect. May these sentiments be yours every time you ponder this artwork. Thank you and enjoy!
Islamabad, Ca - Pakistan
π π πΈ Congratulations on your recent sale of a wonderful work. π π πΈ
Dayton, WA - United States
To the buyer in Utah: I appreciate your print purchase. May this artwork instill in your heart and home a sense of serenity and peace and beauty. Enjoy the adventure!
Dayton, WA - United States
To the buyer from Georgia: thank you very much for your print purchases of Zion's West Canyon AND Many Hues. Zion and the Grand Canyon are very special places with very unique personalities -- may these works bring in to your heart and home some of that spirit of joy and wonder. Enjoy the views!
Kapolei, HI - United States
Worthy Of Praise!.....Congrats on your sale!...L/F....Carry On! 1/27/2021
Islamabad, Ca - Pakistan
βEvery artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.β .... Congratulations on your recent sale on an wonderful work.
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