Works in Show
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Artist Biography
Reyna is an artist from New Plymouth, New Zealand. She has always had a passion for drawing and painting, with a particular interest in capturing the human form. After studying and working full time in the retail interior design industry, Reyna returned to focus on her painting practice while balancing family commitments and raising her children.
Artist Statement
Reyna's work explores the quiet emotional terrain of everyday life - moments of pause, fatigue, and reflection that often go unnoticed. Through portraiture and figurative painting, she seeks to reveal the silent strength required to carry on, especially during times when we feel overwhelmed by our thoughts and become distant from the world around us. The tension between presence and retreat, visibility and vulnerability, is central to her paintings. Using light and shadow as both metaphor and tool, Reyna paints the urge to disconnect or disappear, creating spaces where emotion quietly accumulates. Working primarily in oils on canvas, her aim is not only to capture likeness but to create paintings that hold a space for deep, quiet emotional resonance.
Sunlight and Shadows by Reyna Henderson
Reyna Henderson
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