"September" by Mary Henderson
Gouache and oil on paper mounted on panel, 2023
4 x 4"
This body of work is the latest iteration of a multi-year project focused on impromptu portraits of people in public. It is about the connections between people, and the ways we affect each other – knowingly and unknowingly – when we gather together. The paintings are scaled to the size of a hand, connecting them to historical miniature painting and its precious tokens of love and memorial. Mary Henderson hasbeen awarded grants and fellowships from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Joseph Robert Foundation, the Center for Emerging Artists, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; she has also completed residencies at Pouch Cove, Soaring Gardens, the Jentel Foundation and the Hambidge Center (where she was the Nena Griffith Distinguished Fellow). Her work has been shown throughout the United States at venues including the Delaware Contemporary Museum, the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Michener Museum, the Woodmere Museum, Marcia Wood Gallery, Lyons Wier Gallery and Wilding Cran Gallery.
Gouache and oil on paper mounted on panel, 2023
4 x 4"
This body of work is the latest iteration of a multi-year project focused on impromptu portraits of people in public. It is about the connections between people, and the ways we affect each other – knowingly and unknowingly – when we gather together. The paintings are scaled to the size of a hand, connecting them to historical miniature painting and its precious tokens of love and memorial. Mary Henderson hasbeen awarded grants and fellowships from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Joseph Robert Foundation, the Center for Emerging Artists, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; she has also completed residencies at Pouch Cove, Soaring Gardens, the Jentel Foundation and the Hambidge Center (where she was the Nena Griffith Distinguished Fellow). Her work has been shown throughout the United States at venues including the Delaware Contemporary Museum, the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Michener Museum, the Woodmere Museum, Marcia Wood Gallery, Lyons Wier Gallery and Wilding Cran Gallery.
Gouache and oil on paper mounted on panel, 2023
4 x 4"
This body of work is the latest iteration of a multi-year project focused on impromptu portraits of people in public. It is about the connections between people, and the ways we affect each other – knowingly and unknowingly – when we gather together. The paintings are scaled to the size of a hand, connecting them to historical miniature painting and its precious tokens of love and memorial. Mary Henderson hasbeen awarded grants and fellowships from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Joseph Robert Foundation, the Center for Emerging Artists, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; she has also completed residencies at Pouch Cove, Soaring Gardens, the Jentel Foundation and the Hambidge Center (where she was the Nena Griffith Distinguished Fellow). Her work has been shown throughout the United States at venues including the Delaware Contemporary Museum, the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Michener Museum, the Woodmere Museum, Marcia Wood Gallery, Lyons Wier Gallery and Wilding Cran Gallery.