| Artist Info |
| Name:
Stew
Henderson |
| Town
of residence: |
Brief
Bio:
Education
• Apprenticed to Lin Emery, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Studied and worked on large metal, kinetic sculpture.
1976-77.
• Apprenticed to Wolfgang Behl, Berkshire Mountains,
Massachusetts. Studied wood carving and metal work.
1975-76.
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hartford Art School,
University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. 1976.
• Associates of Arts, Dean Junior College, Franklin,
Massachusetts. 1974.
Grants/Awards
• Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York, New York,
1986
• Award of Show, Glastonbury Art Guild, Glastonbury,
CT
• New Britain Museum of American Art, Transportation
Award, New Britain Connecticut, 1980.
Publication
• Edgar Allen Beem, Maine Art Now, (Dog Ear Press,
Gardiner, Maine), 1990;pp.256
• Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram, review
"New Directions," September 10, 1995, p.7E
• Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram, review
"Daily Wonders," May 18, 1997, p. 3E
• Alan Crichton, Art New England, review, April/May
2000, p.34
• Rebecca Goldfine, Maine Times, "Arts"
feature, February 21, 2002
• Carl Little, Art New England, spotlight review,
April/May 2006, p.28
Professional Experience
• Art Instructor, Art Center at Kingdom Falls,
Montville, Maine
• Independent Preparator, working throughout Maine
installing art in galleries, museums, banks and hospitals.
Contract preparator to Colby College Museum of Art.
Installing private collections in Maine homes in collaboration
with Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services, 114 Greene
Street, New York, N.Y. 10012. 1996-present.
• Preparator, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland,
Maine. Responsibilities included basic care and safety
of art works in collection, exhibition and lighting
design, installation of art work, crating and shipping
art works, traveling with exhibits and crew management.
1993-96
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Represented
by:
The Caldbeck Gallery Rockland, Maine |
Artist's Statement:
Having been in Madrid earlier this
year, I had seen a lot of Picasso's paintings, including
Guernica, so I have been thinking about Picasso's
work. For the Atlantic Challenge piece I just wanted to
have a little fun and try to imagine what a cubist boat
might look like.
| Description of Art Work |
| Dimensions:
21"
x 8" x 5" |
| Medium
Used: Mixed
media |
| Title:
"Picasso's
Boat" |
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