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Henrik Simonsen
"The predominant element in my work is drawing. The attraction to drawing stems from the
directness of the mark making process and the simple way lines on a surface creates shape
and form.
I have worked with charcoal for several years and I have found no medium that rivals its
rich organic marks and it’s movements on the canvas. The property of oil paint makes an
important addition to the surface quality of the work.
My Scandinavian background has significantly influenced my work and is evident in the
economy of colour, line and use of space and light. The Scandinavian influence is also
felt in the dominance of nature as subject matter.
There is a lesson to learn from how nature is able to vary simple forms infinite.
For recent work I have been looking at botanical books, dating from the fifteen to the
twenty-century. I am interested in their mixture of observation and decoration, science
and art.
The work is engaging with a western tradition of flower paintings and still life but
approaching it in a contemporary way. I find myself much more drawn to common field
plants and flowers than to the cultivated flowers that often are depicted in traditional
flower paintings. They have an unspoiled quality about them."
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Poppy Field
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Grass
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Henrik Simonsen has exhibited work internationally from his homeland of Denmark to New
York, Venice and Colombia as well as many galleries across the UK. Following Henrik’s
art education at Exeter College and Montclaire University in New York, he spent a year at
Sotheby’s Institute of Art gaining an MA.
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