Henry has painted other subjects but it is her isolated, rural environment that now exclusively fuels her creative impetus; mountains, trees, lake and water reflections coalesce in an immersive tranquility. We experience the calm rhythm of a landscape reassembled, jigsaw-like from fragments of memory in the latest exhibition of work.
In an approach to landscape painting that is becoming increasingly imaginable and abstract, the works often transcend notions of ‘place’ altogether. These paintings portray things not only seen but felt and experienced. They extend beyond the realm of physicality into a heightened aesthetic domain.
Anthea Polson Art
29 March to 12 April, 2014
Gold Coast
Jigsaw, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 167 x 167cm
Courtesy the artist and Anthea Polson Gallery, Queensland
