Rugged Coastline
by Steve Henderson
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10.000 x 8.000 inches
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Title
Rugged Coastline
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
The ocean is not a safe place.
It never has been. And even if a pack of governors and kings, presidents and parliaments, issue a flurry of emergency rules and regulations to purportedly make the ocean “safer,” it will not be so.
The ocean is big and grand and majestic, too big to set behind fences and circumscribe by walls.
Its tides, though regular, are not predictable, and they cannot be scheduled and configured by a computer model’s prescriptive algorithm.
Most notably, the ocean does not regulate and adapt its behavior in accordance to human decree. It does not watch TV, scroll through social media, or read newspapers.
The artwork, Rugged Coastline, shows the white surf of the Pacific Ocean breaking on the rocks along the Oregon Coast, USA. This particular stretch of the ocean, the Oregon Coast, is noted for its ruggedness, the cliffs and crags and rocks that result in waves crashing against the shore and constantly changing the shoreline.
And therein lies its beauty. Wise walkers along the beach know that, on certain stretches, it’s up to them to be aware of the changing tides, or they may find themselves quite suddenly scrambling up rocks or thoroughly soaked.
To make the ocean truly “safe,” one would have to completely wall it, tame it, manipulate it, proscribe it, industrially plan its landscaping, control it, and even if this were possible, what is left would not be the ocean, but a very large children’s fishing pond, stripped of all its character, personality, beauty, and integrity.
And even then, it wouldn’t be safe, because the ocean is really really big – really really difficult to keep “in its place.” It is a reminder to us – a glorious and inspiring reminder – that Nature’s beauty lies not in her tameness, but in her freedom.
Featured on 33 Fine Art America groups, including Peopleless Scenic Landscapes.
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April 28th, 2021
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Comments (119)
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Steve!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Jeff Burgess
Your creative work is outstanding. Thanks for submitting it to the Pacific Northwest Artists (PNA) group. It has been featured on the home page as representing the best of us and deserves “congratulations”. For permanence and additional exposure, please place your art piece in the “Discussion” section titled: featured in 2022.
Taphath Foose
Gorgeous work, Steve!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Beach Lovers"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Nancy Carol Photography
Well done! Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "Oct Nov Dec 2022 Features."
Beryl Jasper
Congrats!! Your wonderful artwork has been featured in THE PAINTING LOGGIA group. You may promote your artwork in “Features 2022- Archive” and any other discussion in which the artwork fits. Thanks for sharing.
Beryl Jasper
Congrats!! Your amazing artwork has been featured in IF THE IMAGE EXCITES YOU group. Please feel free to post your artwork in “Thank you and Promote” and any other discussion in which the artwork fits. Thanks for sharing.
Steve Henderson
Thank you to the buyer from Colorado. May this artwork fill your home and heart with joy as you celebrate the beautiful world we live in. Enjoy!
Gull G
😊 💖 🌸Congratulations on your recent sale of a wonderful work. 😊 💖 🌸 "Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame."
Mary Deal
I love your brushstrokes. Seemingly made with ease, but that comes from experience, right? Another gorgeous creation. f/l/p
Steve Henderson replied:
You are right, Mary. A lot of time painting, discovering, learning, trying, and painting some more.
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #18 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Alex Mir
Congratulations, Steve! Your outstanding painting is now featured in the 100 Favorite group! L/F/Ig
Diana Mary Sharpton
Gorgeous seascape painting Steve. Nominated for special feature in the 1000 view group. promoted on twitter.
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