Shadow Dancer
by Steve Henderson
Buy the Original Painting
Price
$4,500
Dimensions
42.000 x 35.000 x 1.500 inches
This original painting is currently for sale. At the present time, originals are not offered for sale through the Steve Henderson Official Website secure checkout system. Please contact the artist directly to inquire about purchasing this original.
Click here to contact the artist.
Title
Shadow Dancer
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
When is the last time you felt exhilarated?
It is an awesome feeling, one that we don’t feel all the time, but one that we certainly should experience more regularly than we do.
Perhaps there has been an amazing piece of news. Or maybe you completed a task you had long been dreading, but through persistence and insistence, put behind you. Or, finding yourself in a place of beauty, you spontaneously FEEL the beauty, majesty, and wonder of your surroundings. The emotion bubbles forth from your soul like clear water from a mountain spring.
The woman in the artwork, Shadow Dancer is in a place and a time and a moment of exhilaration. Behind her, dramatic clouds swirl, brooding over the peaks of the mountains. There is a crackle in the air, that sense of electricity that portends a monumental storm.
But rather than run, she holds her arms out as she whirls and twists and spins in an impulsive dance of joyous exhilaration. There is so much energy – both in the weather around her and in her heart within her – that it demands its release through motion, movement, grace and a pulsation of life.
The soft folds of fabric that she wraps around her catch both the breeze and the glint of sunlight breaking through the clouds; her face captures both light and shadow. She is simultaneously lost in the moment as well as fully aware of her surroundings, and each step, each turn, each gesture flows smoothly and elegantly.
This, this is exhilaration – it is joy, it is abandon, it is freedom, it is fully immersing oneself in life’s mysteries. It is not cool, hip, trendy – one does not express exhilaration through boredom or the funny little symbolic gestures that movie and music stars make.
One expresses it through experiencing it, and when you experience it, it runs deep.
Uploaded
February 13th, 2023
Embed
Share
Similar Subjects
Similar Images
Comments (51)
Taphath Foose
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!! 😊
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Shadow Dancer composition, lighting, shading, beautiful colors and artwork! F/L voted
Tibby Steedly
Absolutely stunning! Your art is truly magical.
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you, Tibby. That is what we are all about: creating works of mystery, beauty, serenity, magic.
Robyn King
Congratulations your uplifting and inspiring artwork is being featured in Images that Inspire Meditation:-) Please take a moment to add your wonderful art to our archives in the message area and have a beautiful day!
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 2/25/23
Robyn King
Congratulations Steve your beautiful artwork is being featured in The World We See:-) Please take a moment to add your wonderful art to our archives in the message area and have a fantastic day!
Lori Pittenger
Congratulations your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of Impressionism group 2/19/2023! Please visit the group to view it in our online gallery and add it to the features log and catalogs in the group’s discussions. Excellent work!
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured on the home page of the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group. l/f 2/18/23
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Steve!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Painted People"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Recently Viewed
