Wild Child
by Steve Henderson
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$2,400
Dimensions
30.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
Wild Child
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Childhood should be an idyllic time of play, exploration, imagination, creativity, and adventure.
It isn’t always so, we recognize as adults. But we know that it should be, and for that reason, when we see the exuberant innocence of a child, we smile, our hearts gladdened by something that is good and right and true. Children remind us that the world is a much bigger, and more beautiful, place than we think.
The artwork, Wild Child, captures this exuberance, this innocence, this joy and exploration and adventure as a little girl races up the path from the sea to her home, a bright piece of blue cloth waving happily in the breeze behind her.
Did she find the cloth on the beach, and she is running to the ones who love her in the house to tell them about her treasure? Or did she snatch the cloth, earlier, off the outside clothesline, and she has been pretending to be a mighty, beautiful queen of the ocean with it?
Her story is one that the viewer is invited to create and be a part of, as he or she is encouraged to join the child on the path in that mad race to the house. Do you remember times like this? Times when your intent was so strong in your mind, your purpose so clear, your joy so bright, that nothing else mattered? As you ran, you literally flew, wings on your feet like those on the feet of the child.
Wild Child is an encouragement to us that these do not have to be times of the past, all our childlike wonder squashed by the cares of the adult world’s anxieties and obligations. Somewhere within all of us is still the innocence and heart of a child – a wild child – and we need only fly down the path to adventure and hope.
(The setting for Wild Child is the historic Hughes House on the Oregon Coast.)
Featured in 32 Fine Art America groups.
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July 11th, 2018
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Comments (103)
Beryl Jasper
Congrats!! Your amazing 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.
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of The Artists Group, 10/1/2022! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured on the home page of the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group. 3/13/22 l/f/pin
Susan Buscho
Congratulations! Your beautiful painting has been featured on 3/6//2022 in the group Old Masters - Painters and Traditional Arts! Please visit the group’s Homepage and archive your feature in the Discussion thread. You will notice there is a new discussion thread for March and April.. You will also notice that you have been given the SPECIAL AWARD for your painting. Again, Congratulations!
LEANNE SEYMOUR
Promoting this lovely artwork in the Semi Abstract group "HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS - 2 A DAY" and "SEMI ABSTRACT IMAGES OF A CHILD OR CHILDREN ONLY - 2 A DAY." and "Post your favorite images from this group - not your own and 3 a day only" discussion threads! f/l/tw/fb
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!!
Jan Keteleer
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Beauty in Art - NO Photo - One a Week"
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