Ideeli Solo Show October 26-28, 2012
Join us at Ideeli.com, one of the nation's fastest growing retailers, for a solo show of Steve Henderson art, October 26-28.
Promenading in My Honda Fit
I love my Honda Fit. And while that may seem to have nothing to do with art, actually, it does.
You see, I drive my Honda Fit, everywhere, and in the process of its being used, it gets dusty, the tires see some wear, the interior windows next to where the Toddler sits get coated with whatever sticky stuff she's got on her hands and smears onto the glass. (I know. I don't want to know much more than that, either.)
Honestly, if I kept my Honda Fit inside the garage and never drove it for, say, 10 years, it would look exactly the way it did the day I bought it, and I could resell it -- maybe at a profit -- because it would be such a great investment!
But you know, people don't buy cars to keep as investments. They buy them to drive in them, and when it's the right car, like my cute, sassy, blazing barbecue orange Honda Fit, they enjoy the process.
If more people thought about art this way, more people would own, and enjoy paintings. But all of a sudden, when people look at a painting, they go into this "I Must Make a Profit on This Investment Mode" -- even if what they're looking at is a limited edition print for $80. Somehow, they tell themselves, if they purchase this, they need to be able to resell it, ten years down the road, for $200, because that's what you do with art -- you buy it as an investment.
What a sad, limited world view, one that keeps people from renovating their aesthetic lives and their home's walls. The best reason to buy art is because you like it, because when you see the painting or the print it makes you happy, because you want it, because -- like my Honda Fit -- it's smart, sassy, sophisticated, and fun -- in short, that painting is You.
Enjoy driving your car -- it's a marvel of technology. Drink the wine that you like -- red, white, blush -- because only you have your unique palate. And buy art because you like it. Any other reason is less than the best.
Steve sells his work as affordable wall art prints, home accessories, personal items, greeting cards, coffee mugs and more through Fine Art America.
Lady of The Lake
She's confident, she's elegant, she's out of the kitchen.
The woman of the 21st century finds herself in the Great Outdoors -- generally the province of a man's man like a Jack London character -- but the Lady of the Lake is not out to subdue and conquer nature so much as she is to integrate herself with it.
Lady of the Lake is a new addition to Steve's figurative work, celebrating the 21st century woman in all her savvy sophistication.
Original oil on canvas, 30 x 36.
