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.
Curriculum Vitae (selected) | ||
| BealArt Major Diploma at H. B. Beal Secondary School; London Ontario, 1982 | |
| Photographic Diploma at Fanshawe College; London Ontario, 1985 | |
| Acquired Active status with the FCA, April 16th, 2007 | |
| Received first FCA juried exhibition, in the Life & Arts Chapter Show in Kelowna BC (Best in Show), May 11th to 13th, 2007 | |
| Acquired AFCA status with the FCA, March 16th, 2008 | |
| Summer Gallery - Group Exhibition at Federation Gallery; Granville Island, Vancouver BC June 23rd to August 16th, 2009 | |
| Participant in For the Love of Art Allmighty group showing in Kelowna, BC, November 2009 | |
| Showing in Sculptures Partnered with Abstract at Lake Country Art Gallery; Lake Country BC, Mar 2010 | |
| Showing in Fifth annual U8 Event at Sopa Fine Arts; Kelowna BC, April 2010 | |
| Solo Exhibition at A Woodside Design Gallery; Kelowna, BC, July 2010 | |
| Participant in in-depth yearlong telephone and online mentorship program with Robert Genn, July 2010 to August 2011 | |
| Featured in Spring Awakenings 2013 Arabella Magazine Artists who Paint Flowers and Gardening Lessons articles | |
| Featured on cover of Fresh Outlook Colour Comes Home collection colour card Beauti-Tone Paints, January 2014 | |
| Group Showing, Celebrating Summer: A Floral Exhibition at Hambleton Galleries; Kelowna, BC, June 19th to 30th, 2014 | |
| Received GOLD MEDAL placing in Spilsbury Medal Exhibition at Federation Gallery; Granville Island, Vancouver BC, December 9th to 24th December, 2014 | |
| Acquired SCA status with the Society of Canadian Artists, November 9th, 2015 | |
| Group Showing, In Full Bloom Exhibition at Westland Gallery; London, ON, May 9th to 27th, 2017 |