David E. Henderson – Photography Paintings, and Pastels
In all my art I seek to capture colors and shapes in ways that I find interesting. I came to art through photography and tend toward fairly realistic images. Photos and paintings are available for sale. Send me an email for prices and sizes.
I began working as a photographer as soon as my parents would allow me to use the Kodak Brownie we owned. I bought filters that I could adapt to work with the Brownie. By the time I was in high school, I had a small darkroom and was experimenting with developing and printing my own BW photos. I began working with 35 mm slides as well as B&W during a year in Germany, where I finally had access to a full scale dark room and experimented with solarization and other techniques. Returning home to graduate school, I set up my own dark room and began working with both B&W and color printing. But it was not until the advent of digital photography that I fully realized what I had been seeking all those years, the ability to manipulate the images and colors in creative ways that captured things that I saw in my mind’s eye but which the film rarely captured. I could now play with saturation and color and even reverse colors to achieve interesting effect (see the reversed chili photo in my portfolio). This was much more versatile than just choosing a film and using filters.
I added another dimension to my work in 2005 as I began to paint with acrylics for the first time. This allowed me even more freedom to play with color and composition and light. I was no longer limited to the elements present in the scene. I was not free to imagine the scene. My first two paintings were imagined based on photographs. One was a covered bridge photographed in mid summer but painted in full fall foliage. The other was a painting of wildflowers at Killington ski area, without the ski area. I studied with Malley DeSoma, Louise Minks and June Webster. Each helped me refine my vision and develop my skills and vision.
2007 Paintings and Photos
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