Talking Heads That Don’t Talk

Two of the New Models in the Studio at Steve Henderson Fine Art

I must say, if the Norwegian Artist ever decided to paint nudes, I would not mind these young women modeling for him. They are built — quite literally, actually — with clothes hanger frames for bodies, and a wardrobe culled from the closets and storage units around the studio and house.

While teaching a portraiture and drawing class at the Walla Walla Community College, the Norwegian Artist mused aloud (no pun intended, by the way) how wonderful a mannequin would be — a huge step beyond the grandchild’s pink ball that the N.A. painted white for the sphere-drawing exercise. The man has only to speak before the manager is on the move, and within a week the cosmetology department of the college was contacted and the heads were hunted down and secured.

We’re not used to our newest residents yet. Roxy the Dog wonders at these new studio inhabitants who look, but do not smell, like humans. The Son and Heir, closing up the studio for the night, was momentarily nonplussed by what he initially thought were late, silent visitors. In the morning, the Norwegian Artist was grateful that the Twilight Zone is not real, and that the mannequins did not move or paint anything during the night.

While the mannequins are not for sale, the Norwegian Artist’s artwork is, and it is available for view and purchase at Steve Henderson Fine Art Online Gallery.

More of Steve’s work is available at Samarah Fine Art, Whitefish, MT; Rive Gauche Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ; The Lawrence Galleries, Sheridan and Gleneden Beach, OR; and the Maritime Museum at Mystic Seaport, CT.

The Norwegian Artist invites you to join the e-mail list for the once-a-month, short and informative, e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art. He also invites you to explore the ongoing series of articles about purchasing online art from private artists, Purchasing a Painting over the Internet: Is It Safe? Buying a Painting Online: Make Sure That What You See Is What You Get, and Buying a Painting: How Do I Know That an Artwork is Good?

Within Reach: A Sense of Peace, Quiet, and Contentment

Valley Stream, by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson

Much of what happens within our lives — and in the collective world around us — is disturbingly out of our control, but one of the gifts of life is that there are many little things that are within our element — from the profound — our very thoughts, hidden within the recesses of our soul — to the prosaic — which pair of socks we will wear, soup or sandwiches for lunch, the brand of laundry detergent.

Paintings on one’s wall are a means of controlling the sense of chaos around us, and we need only to walk into the room and catch their eye before our breath slows, becomes more regular, and we pause for thought.

Valley Stream is a tranquil site of hushed movement. The waterway wends its way gently into the background of trees and distant hills, and in contemplating the work, one can cast off the tension and strain of the day’s demands. The beauty of a well done painting is that it transports the viewer to a different time and a different place, without the need for actual physical displacement.

Valley Stream is available at Samarah Fine Art, Whitefish, MT (Phone: (406) 862-3339), along with a number of other landscapes by the Norwegian Artist.

In addition to Steve’s works at Samarah Fine Art, more of the Norwegian Artist’s paintings are available for view and sale at Steve Henderson Fine Art Online Gallery. Rive Gauche Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ; The Lawrence Galleries, Sheridan and Gleneden Beach, OR; and the Maritime Museum at Mystic Seaport, CT.

The Norwegian Artist invites you to join the e-mail list for the once-a-month, short and informative, e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art. He also invites you to explore the ongoing series of articles about purchasing online art from private artists, Purchasing a Painting over the Internet: Is It Safe? Buying a Painting Online: Make Sure That What You See Is What You Get, and Buying a Painting: How Do I Know That an Artwork is Good?

Oregon Dreaming on a Coast That Outsplashes California

Coastline, by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson

Big movement happens in a small space in the Norwegian Artist’s Coastline, a 5×7 miniature headed to the 33rd Annual Sagebrush Art Festival, January 29 and 30 at the Running Y Ranch and Resort.

Benefiting the Exchange Club of Klamath Falls, the Sagebrush Art Festival features fine art from fine artists throughout California, Washington, and Oregon, and Steve’s works of the  Oregon Coast feature strongly in the collection of his works there.  Coastline joins 10 others for the festival.

The Norwegian Artist invites you to join the e-mail list for the once-a-month, short and informative, e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art.

This Looks Like a Place Where Hobbits Swim and Eat Their Second Breakfasts

September by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson

Peter Jackson’s epic Lord of the Rings series brought to film the magical imagery of J.R.R. Tolkien’s history of Middle Earth.

September, one of the latest landscapes by the Norwegian Artist, is not located in New Zealand, although it could easily be a lake in the Shire. Off in the distance, Bilbo and Frodo are fishing, while amidst the trees, Sam and Rosie wander, hand in hand, through the trees.

And Gandalf? Gandalf is there, somewhere, seen but unseen.

 

Lt. Sulu Slashes and Swashbuckles His Way Through Space

Passage, by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson

It cannot be easy steering a gigantic star ship through the clutter of space at exponential speeds of light, but Lt. Sulu does this with unflappable aplomb. The only time Sulu let his guard and shirt down was a sword fighting scene on the original Star Trek series, when he and his pectoral muscles accosted crew members in the sterile hallway, samurai sword awaving away.

Most of the time, however, Lt. Sulu sits at the console, studiously ignoring the mutterings of Lt. Chekhov to his right, and pushes buttons and pulls levers. He fires at things. He looks concerned. He gives small, wise, inscrutable smiles.

Were the Enterprise run along 21st century American business standards, many of the bridge members would be downsized and pink slipped, since Mr. Sulu so efficiently and capably controls the running of the ship (what does the rotating man in the red shirt, off to Lt. Sulu’s left, actually do?).

Because he is so good at what he does, Lt. Sulu would enjoy the challenge of steering the Enterprise through Passage, and surely, through some combination of time and space dimensional warping, he would be able to do so without misplacing a hair on his slickly combed, sleekly shaped head.

 

Incandescence Glows at Samarah Fine Art, Whitefish, MT

Incandescence, original oil by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art

Incandescence, a glowing color-infused landscape of the American West, shows at Samarah Fine Art, Whitefish, MT, in conjunction with the gallery’s Invitational Autumn Miniature Show. The show opens Thursday, November 4, with fine artist Russell Chatham as guest artist.

Three of the Norwegian Artist’s works, Cascadia, Evening Shadows, and Sunday Morning, were accepted into the Miniature Show and will be showcased through the holiday season.

More artwork by the Norwegian Artist is available for view and sale at Steve Henderson Fine Art Online Gallery. Steve’s work is also available at Rive Gauche Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ and The Lawrence Galleries, Sheridan and Gleneden Beach, OR.

Sunday Morning Arrives in Whitefish, MT by Tuesday Afternoon

Sunday Morning -- Original Oil by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art

Sunday Morning, the Norwegian Artist’s original oil painting of an alpine lake of the Wallowa Mountains, OR, will be unpacked from its brown shipping box this afternoon at Samarah Fine Art, Whitefish, MT in preparation for the Invitational Autumn Miniature Show. The show, which features the smaller-sized work of premier artists, opens Thursday, November 4 at the gallery.

Evening Shadows and Cascadia, also by the Norwegian Artist, are in the show as well.

Incandescence, 18×24, will also be showing in the gallery.

More artwork by the Norwegian Artist is available for view and sale at Steve Henderson Fine Art Online Gallery. Steve’s work is also available at Rive Gauche Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ and The Lawrence Galleries, Sheridan and Gleneden Beach, OR.

Cascadia Accepted into Invitational Miniature Show at Samarah Fine Art, Whitefish, MT

Cascadia -- Original Oil by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art Galleries

Cascadia, a miniature of an intimately hidden mountain waterfall, is one of four of the Norwegian Artist’s works heading over to Samarah Fine Art in Whitefish, MT. Accepted into the Autumn Invitational Miniature Show, Cascadia joins Evening Shadows and Sunday Morning for the November 4 opening of the show, which runs through the holidays and features Russell Chatham as the showcase artist for the opening cerimonies.

Incandescence, 18×24, will also be showing in the gallery.

More artwork by the Norwegian Artist is available for view and sale at Steve Henderson Fine Art Online Gallery. Steve’s work is also available at Rive Gauche Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ and The Lawrence Galleries, Sheridan and Gleneden Beach, OR.

Exposé Featured on Page 47 in Southwest Art Magazine

Expose — Original Oil by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art

Exposé, a view of the Oregon Coastline at low tide, glows from the pages 47 of  the October 2010 issue of Southwest Art Magazine. Part of a special section for the Oil Painters of America, Exposé leads the viewer in a wending fashion from the interior of the beach to the misty outreach of surf in the distance.

Exposé is sold.

More artwork by the Norwegian Artist is available for view and sale at Steve Henderson Fine Art Online Gallery.

Southwest Canyons in the Northwest’s Oregon

Joseph Canyon — Original Oil by the Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson of Steve Henderson Fine Art

Joseph Canyon is located in Oregon, near the Hell’s Canyon National Park. Relatively level forest land abruptly and steeply drops off to the vista below, and the silence is broken only by the soft sighing of the wind. The viewer is transported to the southwest without ever leaving the northwest.

What an incredible region the Far West — Idaho, Oregon, Washington — is! If a person is not fortunate enough to live here, then he or she can own a piece of it for their wall.

Joseph Canyon is sold.More artwork by the Norwegian Artist is available for view and sale at Steve Henderson Fine Art Online Gallery.