Nan Henke
Nan Henke is a Texas Hill Country artist. "Stop the Truck" are the three words she often says while driving on the family ranch with her father-in-law. She takes photos from every imaginable angle that might be useful in a future painting of wildlowers, animals and hill country scenes. Then they resume their ranching tasks at hand. While she paints from photographs, she is not aiming for photorealism. After studying the photo she chooses the key elements she wants to work with in her painting and goes to work recreating the beauty.