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BARBARA HENRY
painting
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Since
graduating from Bennington
College in 1985 as a Visual Arts Major, Barbara
Henry has continued to develop her interest in art. In
1993, Henry began to design and create colorful jewelry in polymer
clay.
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She finds inspiration in nature, an
eclectic array of music genres which include classical, jazz, 50's
rhythm and blues, and the songs of Patsy Cline. Artists who
have influenced Henry's art include Arthur Dove, Pollock, Kandinsky,
Klee; her painting teachers Pat Adams and Philip Wofford, as well
as her ceramic teachers Stanley Rosen and Jane Aebersold. Many of
her designs included patterns in beads and tiles. In 1999,
she was inspired by polymer artist, Elise Winters, who developed the
"crazed acrylic" techniques of painting metallic acrylic paint on
sheets of clay.
Henry layers shapes and forms of
painted or colored clay onto a colored clay base. She
approaches her pieces as if they were abstract paintings, starting with
a few colors and goes on from there, not planning, just allowing
images to emerge. Although she has a strong abstract
sensibility, her brooches may have a landscape, galaxy, or marine
references; her beads are more abstract. She is always
surprised by the result and enjoys hearing what the viewer may
see.
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Barbara Henry has painted in
acrylic on canvas in a a non-respresentational manner,
since 1985. Her approach to painting is similar to her work in
polymer clay. She applies color to un-primed canvas in a random way,
then builds up the surface with opaque lines and marks and many
layers of colored glazes. The resulting images suggest the title. Her
paintings vary in scale. |
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A native Philadelphian, Barbara
Henry has resided in Bennington, VT since 1970, with her husband, Jim
Henry.
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artist contact
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phone
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802.442.5833
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