Sandra Henderson is an artist who lives and works in Perth, Western Australia.

After teaching Art and English in West Australian Secondary Schools for 25 years, recent retirement has now liberated Sandra to pursue her own creativity. She shares her time between her studios in Maylands and York and is kept busy preparing for exhibitions and fulfilling a growing number of commissions.

Sandra is inspired by flowers - the intricacy of their many different shapes, patterns and colours and this has led to a series of works which feature subtle, textured backgrounds overlaid by the striking colours and intricate detail of the blossoms. She works from life as well as her own drawings and photographs and tries to capture the essence of the flower - it's 'secret life', rather than that of a strictly botanical view. Her work is mainly watercolour with the addition of some mixed media.

Sandra prefers to focus on the 'micro' rather than the 'macro' view. Her paintings have been described as 'captured serendipity' - an apt description!

Qualifications:

Associateship in Art Teaching (Curtin 1978)
Bachelor of Education (ECU 1993)
Glass Slumping & Fusing (Curtin 1999)

Exhibitions:

The Old Bakery, Maylands, April 2004 With Velda Herring & David Grant).
Spooky Hall, York, September 2005 (with Velda Herring).
Brooker Furniture, O'Connor, March 2006 (with Velda Herring).
Invited Artist 'Artist in Arms Inaugural Exhibition', June 2006.
Spooky Hall, York September 2006 (with Velda Herring).
Many group exhibitions throughout Perth 2005 - 2006.

Collections:

Represented in private collections in Perth, Melbourne, Townsville,
Hong Kong, New Zealand and The Netherlands.

Awards:

WA Society of Arts Annual Prize Exhibition 2006 - 'Highly Commended'.
WA Society of Arts - 'Gold Awards' - September 2005 June 2006,
Australian Artist Magazine Artistic Challenge, May 2006 - 'Notable Entry'.
Wanneroo Art Society General Meeting Exhibition - First Prize, August 2006.
York Show 2006 - President's Trophy, Max Trenordan Trophy and Tricia Walter's Trophy.

Professional Affliations:

President - West Australian Society of Arts 2007.
Member - Wanneroo Art Society.

Telephone (08) 92712266
Email: henlub@optusnet.com.au
Mobile: 0409 400 933