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SteveHendersonFineArt

@SteveHendersonFineArt@mastodon.social

I am an independent fine art painter who creates images celebrating life, light, truth, thought, and joy. You can find my prints at https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/

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SteveHendersonFineArt, to nature
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Long before there was Silicon Valley and all its technocratic adulation, there were trees and mountains, meadows and blue sky -- places of beauty nature invited us to be in and enjoy.

And long after technocracy fails, the trees and mountains and meadows will remain. Still beautiful. Still inviting us to be in them and enjoy.

Seeing Red at the Seven Devils canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/seeing-red-at-the-seven-devils-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to oregon
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The river moves calmly through its landscape, not in any particular hurry to get where it's going because, even if the pace is leisurely, it will still, eventually, reach its destination. A good thing to remember when we're tempted to rush through our day.

Evening on the Willamette art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/evening-on-the-willamette-steve-henderson.html

SteveHendersonFineArt, to Freedom
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All your promises,

You never meant to honor.

And you never did.

In the "land of the free," it's not a matter of blue vs. red or red vs. blue so much as Those with Power vs. Those Who Wish to Live Free.

We Just Wanted to Be Free canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/we-just-wanted-to-be-free-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to sailing
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On the bay, they were far enough away from the city to escape the noise and bustle, but close enough to watch its endless activity. It was a good perspective, one that allowed them to observe without being distracted.

Elliot Bay canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/elliot-bay-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to art
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The ability to create is a gift given to us as human beings.With our hands, hearts, minds, and skill we are able to fabricate and bring forth things of beauty and goodness . . . or, things that are not. We do well when we determine to use our creativity for good, and refuse to employ it for evil.

In the Workshop greeting card -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/in-the-workshop-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card

SteveHendersonFineArt, to art
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So much of what we learn is self-taught.

Reading, questioning, thinking, researching, experimenting, failing, trying again -- it is through this process that we grow in our skills and intellect.

And pretending, imagining, daydreaming, wondering -- all those things I got in trouble for at school -- those are part of learning, too.

Boy in the Rhubarb Patch framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/boy-in-the-rhubarb-patch-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to dance
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Spinning and turning,

She moved with smooth, quiet grace

As she danced her life.

Not all of us are trained or skilled as dancers on the stage, but in the dance of life, we have opportunity to move with strength, purpose, and meaning.

Dancer art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/dancer-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to Weather
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The weather could go either way. It was one of those moments in which the storm hadn't quite decided whether it wanted to unleash itself in a torrent of rain, or slowly dissipate into a cloudy day broken by gleams of sunlight. Either way, the show would be worth seeing.

Golden Field canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/golden-field-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to art
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Many creative projects demand that we give them time and attention. And why not? When we're doing something that interests us, why rush through it? The very act of creating provides as much satisfaction as the finished product.

These Gifts Are Better Than Toys greeting card -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/these-gifts-are-better-than-toys-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card

SteveHendersonFineArt, to nature
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Rugged peaks form a ring encircling a high, clear, pristine, alpine lake. This is a landscape of intense silence, one where you can sit on a boulder along the banks, look out over the water, and think pleasant, interesting thoughts (why be grumpy in a place like this?).

Crystalline Waters art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/crystalline-waters-steve-henderson.html

SteveHendersonFineArt, to nature
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Is there such thing as a Great Awakening? I suspect that if there were, it would be quickly taken over by the authorities of the day and reconfigured to their satisfaction.

Quite fortunately, awakenings happen every day, one by one in individuals, as we see a truth, a light we had not been aware of before.

Awakening art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/awakening-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to Utah
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I love Zion National Park in Utah, USA. Not the crowds, mind you, but if you're willing to explore the "back 40" of the park, the places not listed on brochures, you find all the majesty and splendor of the landscape, without the noise or crowds.

Zion's West Canyon art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/zions-west-canyon-steve-henderson.html

SteveHendersonFineArt, to art
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She laughed.

Oh, she knew perfectly well that she was supposed to be serious, concerned, keeping up on the news of the day, fearful of the Next Big Thing, savvy and cool, yet at the same time perturbed and troubled over . . . everything.

But she opted not to.

Brimming Over metal print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/brimming-over-steve-henderson.html?product=metal-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to Battlemaps
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"Winter is such a drab, colorless time. Everything is white or grey."

The little bush laughed to itself when the hillside upon which it grew shared the conversations it had overheard over the seasons.

"Aren't generalizations silly?" the bush replied. "They confine the people who make them into a small, drab, colorless world."

Redbush framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/redbush-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to home
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Light streamed through the windows, flowing like water into the room and filling it with a rich and satisfying warmth.

She leaned toward the light, into the light, seeking to capture that glowing warmth onto her skin and from there, to absorb it into her very being.

How gloriously contented it made her feel!

Bathed in Light framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/bathed-in-light-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to DaftPunk
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Of course there were things to do; there always were, and some of them could even be listed in the "important" column.

But at the moment, nothing seemed more important than standing in the yard, overlooking the bay filled with sailboats, and just letting one's mind glide from one thought to another, as if it too were sailing on the bay.

Captain's House framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/captains-house-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to tea
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I send thanks to the buyer from South Carolina who purchased a greeting card of

Tea by the Sea -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/tea-by-the-sea-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card

May the artwork bring to both you and the person to whom you send the card a moment of calmness and peace, a celebration of tranquility that we enjoy when we take time out to enjoy the many treasures in our lives.

SteveHendersonFineArt, to art
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We share our secrets and our thoughts with those who hold them gently in their hands and securely in their hearts.

These people are few. Even social butterflies who boast of being "people persons" with lots and lots of friends would be wise to watch with whom they share their innermost introspections.

Hand in Hand metal print of the original oil painting -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/hand-in-hand-steve-henderson.html?product=metal-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to Arizona
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You can't gulp down scalding hot coffee -- no matter how much of a hurry you're in, you have to either slowly sip and savor, or set the cup aside until it cools down.

Morning coffee is a welcoming opportunity to slowly sip and savor morning itself, to give ourselves a moment -- brief or prolonged -- to wake up, along with the day, calmly.

Daybreak framed print of the original oil painting -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/daybreak-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to art
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Well, why not believe the impossible, reach for the improbable? We do it all the time when we listen to the news readers and accept what they say as true.

Better to put that energy into determining what it is we want to achieve, and go about achieving it.

Tea for Two canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/tea-for-two-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to oregon
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Out in the middle of nowhere is actually somewhere: it's a landscape surrounded by space, and within that space one can walk around outside in one's bathrobe -- or not even that if you please -- and not be seen by the neighbors.

You don't hear their TV or music. No loud cars, or sirens. No shouting, flashing lights, LED advertisements in your face.

That's someplace worth being.

Lonesome Barn canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/lonesome-barn-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to DaftPunk
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I send thanks to the buyer from Oregon who purchased several 10-packs of greeting cards of

The Broughton House -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-broughton-house-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card

May the artwork take both you and the people to whom you send the cards to a place of welcoming, warmth, and home, and may you feel as if you could run about the yard of this house and play with the joy and freedom of a child.

SteveHendersonFineArt, to nature
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Years ago, it began to grow along the steep hillside overlooking the valley. As a sapling, it weathered the wind that buffeted it, struggled until it reached a size that its roots ran strong and deep.

How it managed to not be decimated by the deer passing through, it wasn't quite sure. But it made it, alone and lone, firm, and strong.

Lone Pine framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/lone-pine-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

#nature #tree #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #impressionism #painting #story #motivation

SteveHendersonFineArt, to art
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Mothers fuss, don't they?

Concerned, watching, attentive,

Showing us their love.

When you care about someone, you watch out for them. And while during our teen years we may not have wished to be seen in the presence of our parents, deep down there was a security in knowing they were there.

Just . . . out of sight.

Mothers, fathers, parents -- they fuss because they care.

Beachside Diversions canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/beachside-diversions-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

SteveHendersonFineArt, to art
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I send thanks to the buyer from Texas who purchased a 10-pack of greeting cards of

The Teal Umbrella -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/the-teal-umbrella-steve-henderson.html?product=greeting-card

May the artwork take both you and the people to whom you send the cards to a place of summer joy, one in which the simple, quiet things in life are celebrated and honored.

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