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Field of Dreams — The Story of This Painting

The story of the painting, Field of Dreams, from Start Your Week with Steve of Steve Henderson Fine Art: Where we live, in the banana belt of Southeastern Washington, spring is here. A time of change and transition, spring gives us sunlight and … Continue reading

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What You Want, Matters

From Start Your Week with Steve, the free weekly e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art — Steve Says: “One of the things I enjoy most about dealing directly with art collectors and clients is . . . dealing directly with people. Each … Continue reading

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Get ‘Em Drunk and They’ll Buy Anything

I’m not going to ask you if you’ve heard the sentence in the title, but I’d be curious to know how many times you’ve heard it. I’ve lost count. It’s one of those jokes along the lines of what dentists grit their teeth at, … Continue reading

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Art and Wine — They Go Together!

My alter ego writes weekly for Fine Art Views, a daily newsletter for artists and art lovers. This Week’s article is the second of three articles about the art and wine scenario: Last week I introduced the concept of art, and wine, … Continue reading

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Seventy Times Seven

I was an English major in college, which effectively means that I know how to read a long boring book and write pages and pages on symbolic interpretation that may or may not be valid. What a crucial skill. But … Continue reading

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Fried Dandelions

From Start Your Week with Steve, the weekly e-mail newsletter of Steve Henderson Fine Art “Today my 18-year-old son wanted to make fried dandelions for lunch, a suggestion that initially didn’t meet with much excitement. “But he’s a determined sort, and … Continue reading

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The Art Collection on My Car Dashboard

One time, a red symbol flashed at me – and in the same way that I knew that running through a flashing red intersection light is not a good thing, I knew that running a car with a flashing red light in front of my face was just as bad. But what did it mean?

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My Beautiful Mind

So, yes, I guess my brain is kind of flat, which is okay because so is the computer screen or the average piece of paper, and I work a lot with these. Continue reading

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Living Green? Don’t Be Weird about It

I know you’re concerned, but don’t be. My inner green girl was fine: she recognizes a bag of trash when she sees it, and it’s beyond even my obsessive nature to piece a king-sized bedspread with fraying clumps of crumpled cloth French kissed by dust bunnies and entwined with bent straight pins.

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Thanksgiving is a mindset, not a day

We have entered a season of thankfulness that encompasses more than one day of overeating and wrestling with a 25-pound bird, kickoff to a purchasing and partying frenzy that is somehow linked to a message and a Messiah totally unrelated to fat men in red suits. Continue reading

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