From our own photo material an image is compiled which gives an impression of a landscape. Collages can also serve as a basis for the canvas. Especially the magic and atmosphere of a place visited, Henrian tries to capture on the canvas. The colors and the composition are very important and often are abstracted.

Inspired by people in her immediate surroundings, but also on her travels, Henrian paints colorful portraits and paintings with human figures. By placing a person known to her in another framework, an autonomous image is created. Research into color and composition is a challenge here and precedes painting the portrait or model.
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Inspired by pictures from classical antiquity, Henrian has made a number of portraits, using the classic way of painting and painting with oil paint. This way of painting emphasizes the classic character of the portraits. However, she did want to give a contemporary twist to the images by applying a certain stratification to each canvas. One time with a clear separation between transparent and opaque paint, the other time starting with a different underlay.

On Friday 8 June 2018 the start of the second edition of ‘Art in the field’ will be given in Arendonk, Belgium. This cycle route is open until the middle of September. The project is a unique collaboration between the Academy of Fine Arts, the municipal administration, the agricultural council and the farmers involved. Henrian has created a plexiglass painting called “The Reclining Farmer” of two by three meters within the theme of “agriculture”. This painting is permanently placed. The lying farmer is a contemporary translation of the drawing of the same name by Belgian painter Constant Permeke. The transparent plexiglass shows both the farmer with his big hands and feet, as well as his country. The landscape, his country, is in the farmer, they are one.