The Broughton House is a painting by Steve Henderson which was uploaded on August 19th, 2022.
The Broughton House
How time passes.
Late in the 19th century, a young couple, the Broughtons, bought this house in Dayton, WA, from the person who built it. They... more
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36.000 x 24.000 x 1.500 inches
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Title
The Broughton House
Artist
Steve Henderson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
How time passes.
Late in the 19th century, a young couple, the Broughtons, bought this house in Dayton, WA, from the person who built it. They wanted to raise their family there in what was then a growing and bustling frontier town.
And so they did. The couple went on to have 11 children, and soon there were many people filling the rooms.
“My great-grandfather had 11 children, and then those children had children, and those children had children,” a descendant of the original Broughton patriarch said. “There are a lot of us now!”
Still standing, still stately, the Broughton house no longer houses a single family, but rather, is the meeting and gathering place for the clan. The rooms are open for family members who are from out of town, and need a place to stay.
Understandably, the Broughton people take great pride in the house, keep it up, landscape the grounds, lovingly tend to all the various chores and repairs any house needs. When you are standing there, on a quiet spring day with the sunlight dancing across the many details of a finely crafted home, you can almost hear the laughter of the first nine children, see the ringlets of a little girl as she dashes around the house, chased by a younger brother in a game of tag. The older children and adults sit on the porch, enjoying the cool breeze.
The warm sunlight casts an aura over both house and landscape, and the new green of growth and floral color add to the sense of welcoming. The soft glow behind the curtains adds to the sense that the house opens its gracious arms to both visitors and owners.
Once there was more land around the house, when the town was young and the original children were little. Now, nearly 150 years later, there are houses and sidewalks and cars. The old hospital, now a building for various services, is just across the street. And yet the Broughton House, as it did when it was first built, commands its place in the landscape.
How time passes.
Uploaded
August 19th, 2022
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Comments (54)
Nancy Kane Chapman
Wonderful painting and what a great story of the family! I enjoyed this tale at Christmas, missing my family...missing my childhood...but rejoicing in it too! Many thanks, Steve! F/L+++
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #23 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this fabulous painting and story line for special feature on the 1000 view t/p
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Diamante Lavendar
Congratulations! Your beautiful, artistic work has been chosen as a special feature in Emotive Art Group! You can archive your work to the special features discussion tab in the group! It is an honor to have you as a member!
Katie Dobies
Congratulations on your home page feature in UNLIMITED LANDSCAPES on 9.7.22. Archive it in the discussions for more views! Beautiful architecture art, Steve.
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured on the home page of the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group. 8/29/22 l/f
John Malone
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our Homepage, Painting the Old Way.
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 thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Jeff Burgess
Your work is outstanding and appreciated. Thanks for submitting it to the Pacific Northwest Artists (PNA) group. It has been featured on the home page as representing the best of us so a well-deserved “congratulations”. For permanence and additional exposure, please place your art piece in the “Discussion” section titled: featured in 2022.
Randy Rosenberger
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
Lori Pittenger
Congratulations your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of Impressionism group 8/21/2022! Please visit the group to view it in our online gallery. Excellent work!
Leanne Seymour
Congratulations on your feature with this image on the Semi Abstract - 1 A Day group homepage. Please be sure to add this image to the group discussions area created for archiving of features along with the date of feature.....thank you. 8/21/22
Rosie Sherman
Wow!!! you are an amazing artist!!! Such detail, most artists don't take the time anymore! Love it!
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