Mixed media works on canvas, hand-quilted. inspired by travels in Ireland and England

Floating Bridges- Ireland & England

Mannahatta was the original native American name for the island of Manhattan. The images are derived from architectural structures built during different periods in the history of the island and which can all be seen simultaneously in the co-existence of past and p[resent. The quilting design of concentric circles is symbolic of the ephemeral nature of our existence on this landscape….we are here for a while and then gone, while the structures remain.

Mannahatta


Henrion‘s work is deeply rooted in the urban geometry of her surroundings as a life-long New Yorker.  Drawing upon her own manipulated photographic images, she capture the energy and vitality of the ever-changing urban landscape. 

Collage: Patchwork City

European Odyssey

Inspired by the natural world and man's interaction with it.

Complexity

At the heart of certainty, there is turbulence. In this series of hand quilted silk constructions, Marilyn Henrion leads Josef Albers’ “Homage To The Square” on a wild ride through a series of dazzling permutations, reflecting various forms and degrees of turbulence. The artist invites the viewer to interpret the metaphorical images in this series anywhere on the scale from the cosmic, to the terrestrial, to the personal.

Disturbances

A series of works representing the artist's personal take on her native city, New York, revealing its soft side, with unexpected visual treats lurking around every corner. Once Gotham’s hard unyielding surfaces are peeled back, the beautiful and complex patina of each facade is illuminated. These mixed media works represent a fusion of past and present. Ancient needlework techniques are combined with digitally manipulated photography and inkjet printing to create works of art that reflect contemporary aesthetic sensibilities. The presence of the hand stitching both animates the surfaces of the works and, at the same time, softens and humanizes the urban geometry by the irregular qualities of texture inherent in the materials and construct