"ELEVEN THIRTY, MARTINI NIGHT", Oil, 36x48 in.
“ELEVEN THIRTY, MARTINI NIGHT”, Original napkin drawings.
"HAPPINESS (after Charles Bragg)", Watercolor, (Reproduction) 23x23 in.
"RAPTURE", Mixed media, 25x19 in.
"ALDAMA,OTRA VEZ", Watercolor, 10x15 in.
Born in El Paso, Texas, Henry grew up in small towns in Texas and in New Mexico. He graduated from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, with degrees in English literature and biology. He studied Social Work in the MSW program at the University of Texas in Austin.
He is a U.S. Army veteran. In Raleigh, North Carolina, he was president of the non-profit Wake Visual Arts Association. In 1995, he was awarded the Raleigh Medal of the Arts.
In November of 1992, Henry, his wife Britt Zaist, and five other painters opened the co-op Galeria Izamal in downtown San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
After 29 successful years of showing fine art there and becoming the oldest gallery in San Miguel, Galeria Izamal closed its doors December 31, 2021. Galeria Izamal is now a virtual gallery www.galeriaizamal.com
Henry continues to paint and has joined another co-op gallery, Galeria Blue Moon on Stirling Dickinson #7, San Antonio, San Miguel de Allende.
People usually buy artwork because 1.They fall in love with it, 2.It´s a gift for someone they feel will love it, or 3.To add a handsome furnishing for their home which their family and friends will admire.
These are all good reasons to buy art.
As for my paintings: My previous dealers (and my wife) have told me over the years how I should focus on a single, recognizable style or subject. And one of the defining features of top level contemporary art is that it is not narrative; it tells no story.
My art does tell stories. Much of it suggests a story and invites interpretation. And humans – we humans – are the source of it all.
"Art must communicate
as clearly as possible to the viewer.
On the other hand, if a painting can be grasped and completely understood in a minute or so, it's not very good art".
“I believe it was Da Vinci who said ‘The supreme misfortune in art is when theory outstrips performance.’…In spite of the dominant trends in international art over the past 60 years, painting is far from dead.
Each new painter has the opportunity and the obligation to re-invent painting, based on the lessons learned from past artists and from their own experience of life and of art. It’s a tough challenge, but worth the effort."
