Hughes House
by Steve Henderson
Original - Sold
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8.000 x 6.000 inches
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Title
Hughes House
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
Quiet and serene, Hughes House on the Oregon Coast was the home of a large and happy family. It is now a museum, filled with living history.
It is always sobering to enter the house of a family that no longer lives there, a house that is now a museum and no longer a home. In the case of Hughes House, the furniture and clothing and accoutrements of everyday life used by the family that lived there for generations, are collected and placed in the home, giving a sense that we are walking into the house at the end of a long day, and dinner will shortly be served in the dining room.
When you can, you escape the group of tourists following the guide and head off onto your own – up the stairs and to the bedrooms, and though they are roped off, as you stand at the doorway you imagine what it would be like to walk through that doorway, to set your shoes under the bed, to sit on the rocking chair next to the window and look out into the yard below.
The sounds of the people downstairs turn into a hum that could be nothing more than conversation from your family as they, too, enter the house and prepare for the evening ahead.
Places like Hughes House are an invaluable connection to a time that is not very long past, but because of the explosion of technology – much of it more intrusive than positive – the distant past seems long ago indeed – a time when there was no constant buzzing of the cell phone, the revving of engines, the beat of rock music that thumps its way through the walls.
Hughes House reminds us that it is humanity – and not the technology that it creates and imposes upon itself – that is worth celebrating, worth remembering, worth treasuring and protecting.
Featured in Seven Fine Art America groups.
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June 6th, 2017
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Comments (32)
Leanne Seymour
Congratulations on your feature in the Semi Abstract - 1 A Day group! You are invited to add your featured image to the group discussion thread created for archiving features along with the date of this feature. 6/21/2023
Lori Pittenger
Congratulations, your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of Impressionism group 6/14/2023! Please visit the group to view it in our online gallery and to add it to the New features log and catalogs in the group’s discussions. Excellent work!
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured on the homepage of the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! l/f/pin 6/7/23
Jeff Burgess
Congratulations, your work has been featured on the home page of the “Pacific Northwest Artists” group.
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of No Place Like Home, 6/02/2023! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!
LEANNE SEYMOUR
Lovely artwork and promoting this image in the Semi Abstract group "SEMI ABSTRACT BUILDINGS - 3 A DAY" and "LANDSCAPES - SEMI ABSTRACT 3 A DAY" and "HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS - 2 A DAY" discussion threads! f/l/tw
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Thanks for sharing this popular beauty! Congratulations! Your very lovely vision has been featured on the home page of the Over 3000 Views group. Please archive it in the appropriate discussions.
John Malone
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our Homepage, Painting the Old Way. Liked and favored as well.
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 October: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (October 21, 2019)
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