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About Denise Henry - Denise Henry Artist
Elected on Associate of the British Watercolour Society in 1991 for her portrayal of the Pembroke coast, Denise trained at Stockport College of Art under Emanuel Levy. She created textile designs at Strines Atelier for the Calico Printers Association. For 12 years she ran painting classes for Stockport Education Authority. She loved painting the industrial environment of North Chesire and Stockport. Her most well known watercolour "Stockport Viaduct", is now in Lord Gregson's collection.
Denise has exhibited widely in national and private exhibitions in London, Dartmouth, Horbury, Holmfirth, Ilkley, Stockport and recently at the Criccieth Art Festival. Her works have been commissioned by major British Industries and hang in private collections as far a field as Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Thailand and the USA. With the international Guild of Artists she joined David Shepherd, Terence Cuneo and other artists to exhibit her industrial scenes of old Stockport at "The Gallery in Cork Street", London.
She has throughout her career painted the natural scenes that surround her using media and techniques appropriate to the subject Her portrayal in oils of a forest scene was acquired by Baron Havers. Having grown up on the Llyn she appreciates the colour and contrasts of the peninsula which are reflected in her sea and landscapes and in her hedgerow and woodland scenes which she finds she can best create in gouache and acrylic media.
Gwahoddwyd Denise i fod yn aelod o Gymdeithas Dyfrliw Prydain yn 1991 am ei phortread o arfordir Sir Benfro. Hyfforddwyd hi yng ngholeg celf Stockport gan Emanuel Levy. Bu'n rhoi gwersi arlunio am 12 mlynedd yn Stockport; 'roedd wrth ei bodd yn peintio golygfeydd yr amgylchedd ddiwydiannol o'i chwmpas yn yr ardal honno. Mae ei dyfrlliw mwyaf enwog o draphont Stockport 'rwan ym meddiant yr Arglwydd Gregson.
Mae gwaith Denise wedi ei arddangos ar hyd a lled y wlad, mewn arddangosfeyd cenedlaethol o phreifat yn Llundain, Dartmouth, Horbury, Holmfirth, Ilkley, Stockport ac yn ddiweddar yng Nghanolfan Buan, Boduan ger Pwllheli. Comisiynwyd hi gan amryw o ddiwydiannau pwysig Prydeinig, gyda'r canlyniad fod ei gwaith hefyd i'w weld yn Awstralia, Canada, India, Japan, Thailand a'r Unol Daliethau. Ymunodd â David Shepherd, Terence Cuneo ac eraill o Urdd Rhyngwladol yr Arlunwyr i arddangos ei golygfeydd diwydiannol o hen Stockport yn Oriel Cork Street, Llundain
Drwy gydol ei gyfra mae wedi arlunio'r golygfeydd naturiol o'i chwmpas gan ddefnyddio technegau addas i'w thestun. Er engraifft, mae ei phortread o olygfa goedwigol sydd ym meddiant Syr Michael Havers, wedi ei beintio mewn olew. Defnyddio acrylig wnaeth hi i beintio'r murlun "Cwch Hwylio yn y Machlud" a gomisiynwyd gan Brifysgol Manceinion.
Treuliodd Denise lawer o amser yn Llyn dros y blynyddoedd, ac mae byd natur, lliwiau a phyrydferthwch yr ardal yn ei chyffroi a'i hysbrydoli.