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.

Cactus in Barbed Wire Fence 11x14" on Watercolor paper.

Wave of Blue Hills, Acrylic on Canvas, 30x40"

Blue Sky, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x36"

The Almost Home Trees, Watercolor on Watercolor Ground, 24x36"

Hedge of Wildflowers 5x7"

Big Sky, Acrylic on Canvas, 24x36"

Mission Espada. 5x7"

Baby Pomegranate 5x7"

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