Contemporary
painter Henry Asencio has emerged as one of the most intriguing young
artists working today. His work blends the classical ideals of
figurative painting with a unique style. The artist states, “Painting
for me is very cathartic and is the most articulate way for me to
express my passion.” Merging introspection and visual spectacle,
Asencio’s personal investigations of the figure, spirituality and
abstraction possess the power to transform today’s ideals of elegance
and sensuality. In 1996, Asencio was sponsored by an art supply company,
Thayer and Chandler, which resulted in exposure in exhibitions as far
afield as Germany and Paris. In 1998, Asencio’s work was recognized in
the Amsterdam Art Competition, earning the prestige of being a first
time artist dually awarded with gold and silver medals in two separate
divisions, he was acknowledged for self-portraiture in oils and a figure
in the acrylic medium. Excelling in his chosen discipline, Asencio
graduated with honours from the San Francisco Art Academy in 1998. He was
a chosen finalist in an Artist’s Magazine competition that same year,
again for his work in portraiture. Although he earned a living as a
portrait artist early in his career, today Asencio is “more concerned
with creating a mood and pushing the aesthetic opposed to replicating a
scene. A native of California, today the artist lives and works in his
studio near San Jose, north of his birthplace of Los Angeles. The
artist’s reputation and exposure in the marketplace continues to grow.
Recently signed with Crown Thorn Publishing in LaJolla, California,
Asencio’s work is now available in limited edition format for
international distribution. It is the power of the artist’s vision that
gives his work its own reality and makes it interesting to the viewer.
Asencio’s work is influenced by themes of transformation and spontaneous
beauty and has fast become the artist’s hallmark in creating the
excitement of his masterful works of art.
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