ARTIST STATEMENT
A a self-taught artist, I take a long time with each painting. I am a process-based painter. I may start out with a tentative thesis, but it often does not turn out how I had it in my head. I keep working at it, allowing each step to inform the next, until something clicks and tells me to stop. Each painting goes through at least nine lives before it is done, often taking months or years.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
A former writer and writing teacher, I lost my ability with words after a series of family tragedies. Thankfully, abstract painting provides a new language for me to describe and explore my internal landscape.
© Shu-Huei Henrickson