Maryann Hendriks is an accomplished Canadian painter who possesses a signature abstracted style that combines wild textures, unique brushwork and assured mark-making, and a joyous colour palette.

Hendriks translates her love of flowers and the Canadian landscape into a beautifully abstracted rendition of her subject. Her approach includes a multi layered application of acrylic paints and mediums, where she employs a wide array of brustrokes, washes, and mark-making techniques. She is currently focusing on brightly coloured abstracted still life paintings from her studio.

Hendriks completed studies at Fanshawe College (London, ON) and Bealart (London, ON), and has worked independently as a professional artist since 2005. Hendriks currently exhibits with a number of fine galleries across Canada, and is an associate member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (AFCA) and an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA).

Artist Statement:

“In the garden, my hands are filled with wonderfully twisted bundles of flowers, twigs and grasses. I collect snips here and there as I travel. Like to physically touch nature with my hands. Many moons before I was a florist. I insert posies in one of my numerous vases. A foreshortened digital image, atypical angle predominant.

In the studio, my hands are filled with brushes, knives, scraping implements. Hardware supplies that I have amassed over the years. Like to physically touch paint with my hands. In this new moon, I am an Artist.”