DCAA Member Profile
Henriette Heiny
Bio:
Henriette brings a richly layered background to her art, shaped by a diverse academic career and a doctorate in Art History. After many years in higher education, she has spent the past decade immersed in painting. Earlier explorations in printmaking—lithography, relief, and intaglio—inform her current work with acrylics and mixed media. Her paintings are represented by Toriizaka Art in Sisters, Oregon, by Julianna Poldi’s galleries in Idyllwild and Palm Springs, and is an exhibiting artist in the Desert Art Center.
Artist Statement:
My art is a conversation between intuition and material. I work primarily with acrylics and fluid media, often incorporating unconventional techniques—tilting the canvas, layering with mixed textures, or allowing motion and gravity to direct the flow. Each painting is a search for balance between control and release, form and dissolution.
I am drawn to the expressive possibilities of color, the dialogue between opacity and transparency, and the organic forms that emerge in the process. While I do not set out to represent the natural world, my work often evokes landscapes, currents, eruptions, or atmospheric shifts—traces of nature felt more than seen.
I value ambiguity and openness in my compositions. They are not meant to dictate a story, but to invite contemplation—an inner recognition, a moment of pause, or a sense of movement remembered in the body.
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