Aimée Henderson

"I push the paint across the surface of the paper, I draw a line and allow the paint to rest and fill that line, and I stop. I stop and I know that it's perfect for that moment."

(Thoughts from my studio August 2013)

I see painting as a correspondence between what you are and what you see, evoking life intimately. My work comes from a quiet and sensitive place where I try to be absolutely present and free of thought to allow as little of 'myself' into the work.

Lilacs, burnt oranges, lemon yellows, surly sulks of dirty pink, colour is my powerful ally, abstract shapes give form to events or happenings on the surface of the paper.

Born from this poised yet open place I hope to bring about a gentle reawakening of the senses. I believe sensitivity should stand proud and holds its own in this very loud world. I see my paintings as delicate, stilled and alert moments, caught out of 'psychological' time, where they are held, or exist in such a way that they become the universe itself.

Slade School of Fine Art, London
MFA Painting
2014, Distinction

2011 BA Fine Art Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee.
2001 HND Divinity, University of Edinburgh.

2014 - MFA Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
2014 - The Unheard Seen, Cafe Oto Project Space
2014 - In Abstraction, Glasgow Print Studio
2013 -Slade MFA/MA Interim Show, Woburn Research Centre, UCL
2013 - Brockley Open Studios, London
2012 - RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2012 - Wade Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Elie, Fife
2012 - Telegraph Hill Open Studios, London
2011 - Artsyland 5, New Graduate Show, Wall Projects, Montrose
2011 Duncan of Jordanstone Degree Show, Dundee
2011 Eat Yer Art Out, Roseangle Arts, Dundee
2011 Generator Members Show, Dundee
2009 1.2.3, WASPS Artists Studios, Dundee
2009 Follow Your Dreams, Tron Theatre, Glasgow