She Danced by the Light of the Moon
by Steve Henderson
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40.000 x 30.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
She Danced by the Light of the Moon
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
She Danced by the Light of the Moon.
Who is she? Who is this woman who flows through time and space in the cool light of an evening’s moon? Behind her, the great walls of the Grand Canyon in Arizona loom high and majestic, but she is in a world of her own – part of the canyon, yet not part of it, a nymph or canyon sprite who expresses her joy and exuberance through dance and song.
The young woman who posed for the painting, She Danced by the Light of the Moon, did indeed dance in such a manner, swirling and sworling with the fabric around her, as light as a breeze herself, and totally unselfconscious. It was simply she, and the movement, and the beauty, all combining and fusing into one grand dance that encompassed the dancer, and the moon, and the world around her.
Life in many ways is a dance like this, and it calls us to dance this dance with grace and unselfconsciousness, moving from one step to another without constantly checking to see if anyone is watching, or comparing our movements with that of the people around us. We are called to keep moving, keep stretching, keep swirling, keep looking for beauty and expressing it through our thoughts, our words, our actions, and our steps.
It is this metaphor of dance that is an encouragement to those of us who are not, in real life, actually very good dancers, and indeed feel that we are clumsy at best. Within the dance of life we are all on the floor, we all have unique steps suited to our lives and experience, and we all have a place within the ballroom – whether that ballroom is a formal affair or, like the surroundings of the dancer in She Danced by the Light of the Moon, the great outdoors.
Featured on 32 Fine Art America groups.
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Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your artwork on the homepage of The Artists Group, 9/05/2021! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
Steve Henderson
To the buyer from Arizona who purchased the artworks "She Danced By The Light Of The Moon", "Mesa Walk", "Enchanted", "Jubilee" and "Cadence". Throughout these pieces there is a visible celebration of life and movement, grace and mystery. I am very gratified that these works connected with your heart and soul; may they instill in your life and home that joy and serenity found in the world around us and in us.
Reid Callaway
Worthy of Praise!....Knocking them out of yhe park are we Steve?...Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy! Carry On!
Carolyn LeGrand
Oh wow just enchanting and such a beautiful flow of this woman. Even your color combination represents her melting into the canyon and into her inner strength. Bravo to you Steve on this brilliant creation.
Steve Henderson replied:
Thank you very much, Carolyn, for taking time to enter into this work and experience it.
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