2010
It's been awhile. Working on several new pieces and trying to get my "head", my work schedule, child's schedule and etc together. I am excited about some new pieces I am working on and I can't wait to share. I know it's end of March already... please feel free to check in anytime and if you have any suggestions, ideas, comment... don't be shy. Your feedback is much appreciated.
"Life is always a journey..."
"Life is always a journey..."
ART WALK 2009 - CHELSEA
Visit Pearl Street Gallery, in Chelsea on the following dates:
May 30th to May 31st between the hours of 12- 6 pm.
I have entered one of my art piece entitled IRIS A. for this show. This piece is not my website yet but I will post it soon.
For more information regarding the show, go to http://www.pearlstreetgallery.com
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Messages will not be posted on the website.
You can also email me at rosehenry5962@aol.com
Enjoy spring and be safe.
May 30th to May 31st between the hours of 12- 6 pm.
I have entered one of my art piece entitled IRIS A. for this show. This piece is not my website yet but I will post it soon.
For more information regarding the show, go to http://www.pearlstreetgallery.com
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Messages will not be posted on the website.
You can also email me at rosehenry5962@aol.com
Enjoy spring and be safe.
"Heaven and Earth...and in between" ART RECEPTION
Come join us on October 13, 2007 (Saturday) from 6 - 9 PM at the Pearl Street Gallery, 100 Pearl Street, Chelsea, MA 02150
For directions, please visit http://www.pearlstreetgallery.
For directions, please visit http://www.pearlstreetgallery.
Featured Artist - Polished Magazine,
Featured Artist in Polished Magazine Spring 2007 edition.
LASELLE COLLEGE
The Emotions That I Paint With
An Interview with Rose Henry
by Yadira Rosario
Q: How long have you been painting?
A: I've painted for most of my life at varying levels, sometimes not at
all, depending on the condition of my life at the time.
Q: Have you had any formal training as an artist?
A: I trained early in my life in Malaysia and have had the great
fortune to train directly with some wonderful artists over the years
whose generous insight was worth more than a complete fine art education.
Q: What inspires your work?
A: Emotion, in all forms. When Paul McCartney was asked why so
many Beatles songs were about love, he replied, "What else is
there to write about?"
Q: Which of your pieces would you say is most illustrative of your
signature style?
A: Certainly My Love Has Forsaken Me has all the ingredients of my core style, but throughout my work you will see a consistency of
mood and atmosphere with a play of shadow and light.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: I would characterize my style as realism, but more towards romanticism. I set out to convey emotion, to have the viewer pause,
think a little, take a journey, and hopefully feel the happiness or
sadness I attempt to convey.
Q: What do you think your pieces reveal about you?
A; Everything. My search for love, acceptance, approval, balance, and
the struggle to simply find a little corner with light streaming in for
me to paint by, after a life journey of too few moments of joy. Through times of uncertainty, disappointment, and heartache, my passion for art and expression has never waned. I've always created -- sometimes only in my mind -- and now, after a very long time, I have arrived at a place of simple contentment.
Q; How often do you start a new piece?
A: Every day in my mind, but as for putting brush and paint to canvas,
about three to four weeks. I need to live with the composition for
a while until I'm sure it conveys the emotion that made it initially rise.
Q: How difficult is it to sell your work without sacrificing your
creativity on the canvas?
A: It's not difficult at all, since I paint simply for me. People ask me to do portraits and I shy away. If my total being is not into the work,
then it becomes work and I believe it shows in the piece. The
actual painting part - brush to canvas -- is relatively easy. Pulling
emotion from the canvas is draining. I sometimes sit quietly, staring at the canvas late into the night with no activity, tears running down my cheeks; the walls in my room disappear, and I feel the spirit of my composition. Each of my subjects has a story and I know them all well.
Q: Do you ever begin your work with the potential customer in mind first, rather than artistic inspiration?
A: Not usually. Maybe someday. If an insightful customer is familiar with my work and I'm allowed to make the work my own, then possibly, but I believe it has been predetermined that I am not to paint greeting cards.
Q: Would you describe your work as a result of internal culmination or a result of the world you witness around you?
A: Both. The world around me has completely shaped who I am and the core that is me. My choice of subject, my desire to express and bring thought and awareness to the human condition, all emanates from within. I used to wrestle with it but now it's more like a tango.
Q: I notice that a lot of your work contains depictions of the sky and landscape. Do these have special meaning? Is your work inspired by Mother Nature?
A: I grew up on an island in Malaysia. I am displaced for difficult reasons and cannot help but include the ocean and clouds in my work. It is a combination of inspiration and longing. I walk the shore's edge and put my fingers in the water to feel the connection. I take a deep breath, turn around, and walk away.
Q: There is something mysterious about each of your paintings, whether it be a cropped image, a shadow, or a silhoutte, as if you are inviting your viewer to look further, inciting curiosity. What do you think about that?
A; I hope for the viewer to become part of the experience of the work and look further into themselves. As I said, each piece tells a story. The stories are universal and almost everyone can relate. Each piece becomes their own.
~ end ~
LASELLE COLLEGE
The Emotions That I Paint With
An Interview with Rose Henry
by Yadira Rosario
Q: How long have you been painting?
A: I've painted for most of my life at varying levels, sometimes not at
all, depending on the condition of my life at the time.
Q: Have you had any formal training as an artist?
A: I trained early in my life in Malaysia and have had the great
fortune to train directly with some wonderful artists over the years
whose generous insight was worth more than a complete fine art education.
Q: What inspires your work?
A: Emotion, in all forms. When Paul McCartney was asked why so
many Beatles songs were about love, he replied, "What else is
there to write about?"
Q: Which of your pieces would you say is most illustrative of your
signature style?
A: Certainly My Love Has Forsaken Me has all the ingredients of my core style, but throughout my work you will see a consistency of
mood and atmosphere with a play of shadow and light.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: I would characterize my style as realism, but more towards romanticism. I set out to convey emotion, to have the viewer pause,
think a little, take a journey, and hopefully feel the happiness or
sadness I attempt to convey.
Q: What do you think your pieces reveal about you?
A; Everything. My search for love, acceptance, approval, balance, and
the struggle to simply find a little corner with light streaming in for
me to paint by, after a life journey of too few moments of joy. Through times of uncertainty, disappointment, and heartache, my passion for art and expression has never waned. I've always created -- sometimes only in my mind -- and now, after a very long time, I have arrived at a place of simple contentment.
Q; How often do you start a new piece?
A: Every day in my mind, but as for putting brush and paint to canvas,
about three to four weeks. I need to live with the composition for
a while until I'm sure it conveys the emotion that made it initially rise.
Q: How difficult is it to sell your work without sacrificing your
creativity on the canvas?
A: It's not difficult at all, since I paint simply for me. People ask me to do portraits and I shy away. If my total being is not into the work,
then it becomes work and I believe it shows in the piece. The
actual painting part - brush to canvas -- is relatively easy. Pulling
emotion from the canvas is draining. I sometimes sit quietly, staring at the canvas late into the night with no activity, tears running down my cheeks; the walls in my room disappear, and I feel the spirit of my composition. Each of my subjects has a story and I know them all well.
Q: Do you ever begin your work with the potential customer in mind first, rather than artistic inspiration?
A: Not usually. Maybe someday. If an insightful customer is familiar with my work and I'm allowed to make the work my own, then possibly, but I believe it has been predetermined that I am not to paint greeting cards.
Q: Would you describe your work as a result of internal culmination or a result of the world you witness around you?
A: Both. The world around me has completely shaped who I am and the core that is me. My choice of subject, my desire to express and bring thought and awareness to the human condition, all emanates from within. I used to wrestle with it but now it's more like a tango.
Q: I notice that a lot of your work contains depictions of the sky and landscape. Do these have special meaning? Is your work inspired by Mother Nature?
A: I grew up on an island in Malaysia. I am displaced for difficult reasons and cannot help but include the ocean and clouds in my work. It is a combination of inspiration and longing. I walk the shore's edge and put my fingers in the water to feel the connection. I take a deep breath, turn around, and walk away.
Q: There is something mysterious about each of your paintings, whether it be a cropped image, a shadow, or a silhoutte, as if you are inviting your viewer to look further, inciting curiosity. What do you think about that?
A; I hope for the viewer to become part of the experience of the work and look further into themselves. As I said, each piece tells a story. The stories are universal and almost everyone can relate. Each piece becomes their own.
~ end ~
Exhibition "Symbolism in the 21st Century"
I am pleased to share with you that 3 pieces of my work has been accepted for an exhbition "Symbolism in the 21st Century"
They are:
"In the Hour of My Death, My Love has Forsaken Me"
"Missing Isabelle"
"Will Daddy be Home Tonight (Uncertainties Pre and Post 21st Century)
Please go to link at www.caladangallery.com to view.
Enjoy.
They are:
"In the Hour of My Death, My Love has Forsaken Me"
"Missing Isabelle"
"Will Daddy be Home Tonight (Uncertainties Pre and Post 21st Century)
Please go to link at www.caladangallery.com to view.
Enjoy.
Art Reception Review
By WENDY SNOW-LANG
The Salem Gazette
www.thesalemgazette.com
Feed Your Head Books wants you to feast your eyes on the sensual, spiritual oil paintings of artist Rose I. Henry. The new, radical Essex Street bookstore is hosting an exhibit of 15 works by the Chelsea artist.
Henry's oil paintings, all 20 by 24 inches, except for one 14 by 18 canvas, follow a developing theme: The sensuality of the nudes and the sexuality of clouds roiling in the heavens.
Beside the theme of this show, Rose Henry paints children. Not for commissioned portraits. She just paints children. She say, "My intent is to draw the viewer for a unique personal experience resulting in an expression of emotion." Paintings of children tend to do that to people.
"I attempt to express a variety of emotions from the exhilaration of love and passion, to the depths of despair, hopelessness and anguish."
Henry knows these emotions first-hand. Born in Malaysia, she came to the U.S. and California to attend school for journalism. She wound up getting married, raising two kids, losing her husband and eventually picking up the paint brush again.
Her paintings show this up-and-down life.
"Evening Prayer," a quiet, dusk sky of lightening clouds over a Japanese-style temple, shows Henry's contemplative side.
"As The Light Hits Your Body," a male torso, delicately rendered, highlights the sensual sexual side.
"Missing Isabelle" is Henry mourning, a view of a figure huddled on a series of steps that are delineated as harsh horizontal slashes across the canvas. No face is detectable; not even whether the figure is male or female.
Henry says the current exhibit is a "road map of who I am; it is me."
The Salem Gazette
www.thesalemgazette.com
Feed Your Head Books wants you to feast your eyes on the sensual, spiritual oil paintings of artist Rose I. Henry. The new, radical Essex Street bookstore is hosting an exhibit of 15 works by the Chelsea artist.
Henry's oil paintings, all 20 by 24 inches, except for one 14 by 18 canvas, follow a developing theme: The sensuality of the nudes and the sexuality of clouds roiling in the heavens.
Beside the theme of this show, Rose Henry paints children. Not for commissioned portraits. She just paints children. She say, "My intent is to draw the viewer for a unique personal experience resulting in an expression of emotion." Paintings of children tend to do that to people.
"I attempt to express a variety of emotions from the exhilaration of love and passion, to the depths of despair, hopelessness and anguish."
Henry knows these emotions first-hand. Born in Malaysia, she came to the U.S. and California to attend school for journalism. She wound up getting married, raising two kids, losing her husband and eventually picking up the paint brush again.
Her paintings show this up-and-down life.
"Evening Prayer," a quiet, dusk sky of lightening clouds over a Japanese-style temple, shows Henry's contemplative side.
"As The Light Hits Your Body," a male torso, delicately rendered, highlights the sensual sexual side.
"Missing Isabelle" is Henry mourning, a view of a figure huddled on a series of steps that are delineated as harsh horizontal slashes across the canvas. No face is detectable; not even whether the figure is male or female.
Henry says the current exhibit is a "road map of who I am; it is me."
Spring 2006 Solo Exhibition
Solo Exhibition: Sensuality, desires...and other warm places
at Feed Your Head Books
272 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts
Opening reception was a tremendous success. A whole bunch of appreciation and thanks to John, who helped unselfishly to make this a success whose love and support was unmeasurable.
and to family and friends who showed me their support at the reception.
Thank you so very much.
at Feed Your Head Books
272 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts
Opening reception was a tremendous success. A whole bunch of appreciation and thanks to John, who helped unselfishly to make this a success whose love and support was unmeasurable.
and to family and friends who showed me their support at the reception.
Thank you so very much.
