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- Barney, Cassandra Christensen
- Broeckel, Victoria
- Bullock, Anne
- Christensen, James
- Doolittle, Bev
- Ford, Flick
- Griffith, Bonnie
- Henderson, Steve
- Ingram, Jill
- Klassen, Joyce
- Klassen, Randy
- Lyman, Andrea
- McNamara, Jim
- Papa Jon's 'Fly Inns', Jon and Marilu Bryan
- Phillips, Jeff
- Trethewey, Ralph
- Weiss, John
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Steve Henderson
Oil landscapes and commissioned portraiture
Artist' artwork/info
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Steve Henderson's Bio:Steve Henderson is a professional illustrator who has been painting in some form all of his life. As an eight-year-old who uncannily resembled Beaver Cleaver, he irritated his older brother by confiscating that brother’s biology textbook to copy intricate anatomical drawings into a ratty, wide-ruled notebook. As a teen he took over the basement with gigantic sweeping canvases of buffalo and an overly ambitious sculpture of a schooner made out of popsicle sticks.
In his twenties, Steve gathered together buddies and bicycles and headed to South America. One trip, from Alaska to the tip of Argentina, took more than two years, and during that time, Steve filled 15 sketchbooks with journal entries and line drawings of the scenes around him, including the interior of a prison cell in Argentina where he and his companion were tossed after they tried to snap photos in a military zone.
After his marriage, Steve lived with his wife Carolyn in the high Andes of Colombia, where he painted a 300-foot-long canvas roll of Bible stories for a local pastor to carry through the countryside and teach from.
For two years, Steve and Carolyn lived in a 1200-square-foot barn with their four young children while they built their modified timber frame home. That barn is now Steve’s studio, from which he produces representational landscapes and seascapes. Because of Steve’s illustration background, he is adamant about maintaining accuracy in his work, and to this end, does a significant amount of serious wandering through the countryside to gather reference material. The family jokes that Steve runs through hiking partners the way college students consume coffee, and after one journey with Steve into the nearby mountains, most people politely decline the invitation for a second trip. Steve’s motto has always been, “I just want to see what’s over the top of that next hill,” and his willingness to hike steadily and consistently has enabled him to discover the private, secluded places that form the basis for his fine art paintings. “I enjoy finding and painting the quiet places,” Steve says. “I want my work to evoke a sense of tranquility and stillness that is missing from much of today’s scheduled and compartmentalized lifestyle. Even if the scene incorporates a dramatic mood, I strive to encapsulate a sense of privacy and retreat.”
Although Steve has been painting for many years, it is only two years since he decided to aggressively market his work. In that short amount of time, he has achieved recognition both regionally and nationally by being accepted into such shows as the American Society of Marine Artists Aqueous IV in California, the Richeson 75 International Landscape and Seascape Competition in Wisconsin, the Oil Painters of America Western United States Exhibition in Idaho, and Gallery One’s National Masterworks in Miniature Show in Ohio.
Upcoming events include a solo show at the Pendleton Art Center in Pendleton, OR, and the Western Art Auction in Ellensburg, WA. |
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