Warwick Studios Art Lounge

Contemporary Californian painter Henry Asencio has emerged as one of the most intriguing young artists working today. His compositional style refers to the classical ideals of figurative painting, but merges introspection and visual spectacle with unmistakable modernity. His highly personal investigations of the female figure are characterised by open brushwork, sweeping colour, bold use of texture and great technical precision; qualities that have earned him an impressive range of international accolades. He describes his work as a means of finding solace within the chaos of life and is fascinated by the dichotomy between the aggression of his painting technique and the tranquillity of the finished composition.