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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil, Graphite on Paper
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Framing :
Synthetic board
under plexiglas
Framed - Dimensions : 14x11in
About this artwork
My work explores female identity as a locus of strength within a world of fragmentation and complexity. The portrait-style faces in my paintings feature blurred and abstracted edges resolving into areas of tight detail, often with a direct gaze. By incorporating these two extremes of painting into a single work, I explore the female psyche as both direct and fluid, and composed of strength and decisiveness as well as grace. By focusing on the face…
of my subjects only, I explore the female as a psychological, intellectual and emotional entity, rather than a body or object.
This work is painted on denril film, a translucent archival film similar to vellum, and can be framed in a simple black frame upon request.
This work is painted on denril film, a translucent archival film similar to vellum, and can be framed in a simple black frame upon request.
Charity Henderson
United States
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
- Works on commission
« What stories and emotional complexities are hidden in the human face? What past histories, fears, and hopes are buried in a quick glance or in the depths of the eyes? »
Charity Henderson is an experienced painter and draftsman from the United States. Henderson creates figurative portraits executed on translucent materials such as mylar, denril, and dura-lar. She often works by applying charcoal, graphite, or colored pencil on one side of the canvas and applying oil paint on the other. When the face is fully painted, she scrapes away and blurs sections of the portrait, partially revealing the drawn face on the other side of the sheet.