Owen
Henderson was born in Dundee in 1971. He studied Illustration
and Printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone Collage of Art, graduating
with first class Honours in 1993. Scottish artist Owen; has
worked as an Illustrator, both at the Royal Botanical Gardens
in Edinburgh and for the National Museum of Scotland. He has
also taught painting in art classes, including photography,
to adults with mental health problems. In 2001 Owen won third
prize in the Glaxo Smith Klein, Open Art Competition, and
the following year won first prize in the Angus Open Art Competition.
Owen Henderson draws inspiration for his paintings from studying
the landscape in Scotland, and how the weather affects it.
Using oil on canvas, Owen strives to portray the effect light
has on landscapes and cityscapes at certain times of the day.
He is influenced by the paintings of contemporary artists
James Morrison, Ben Nicholson, Michael Andrews, Edward Hopper
and Howard Hodgkins. His contemporary paintings feature in many private Scottish
art collections and other British Art collections. He was
also commissioned to do a series of paintings during a residency
in Lillisand, Norway.
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