I am a painter and printmaker working
in watercolour, oils and print media
from a studio at my home on the North Downs on the southern
outskirts of London.
My work has been shown at national exhibitions by various organisations including The Royal Watercolour Society (see exhibition history below). Various items are available from on-line galleries but a fuller selection of my paintings, drawings and prints can be viewed in the image gallery. All those with a price shown are available for purchase. Please use the Contact page for purchase or commission enquiries.
My preferred subject matter involves people, both in situations and as portraits, but I engage with most types of work and particularly enjoy en plein air painting and sketching.
I make my etchings and drypoints in workshops with access facilities for printmakers
at
The Heatherley School of Fine Art in Chelsea and at
Bainbridge Print Studios, Croydon.
In my studio, for monoprints and and lithography I am fortunate to have the
use of an American offset lithographic press
(50 x 40 cm bed) purchased from the London
College of Printing. It was on this press that my late wife, the painter and printmaker
Carole Hensher RE, produced
many of her smaller pieces of work. I now handle the sales and administration of her legacy of
prints and paintings. Persons wishing to purchase or discuss the use of Carole's work
should get in touch through this site or hers.
I am a member of The Artists' Pool, Bore Place Painters, the Selsdon Art Group and the Society of Painters in Water-Mixable Oils.
Follow me on Instagram for latest work and activity: @chrishensher
CONTACT Get in touch
| Exhibitions summary | |
| 2025 | Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch, London, 'The Human Element' |
| Heatherley's, Chelsea, 'Print Exhibition 2025' | |
| 2024 | Gallery 8, St James's, London, 'Imagine' |
| 2023 | Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 'Open 2023' |
| Heatherley's, Chelsea, 'Portrait, Life and Print' | |
| Green Door Gallery, Brussels, 'Home' | |
| D31 Art Gallery, Doncaster, 'Summer Exhibition' | |
| Gallery at 42, Eastbourne, 'Being Human' | |
| D31 Art Prize Short-list (on-line) | |
| Heatherley's, Chelsea, 'Print Exhibition 2023' | |
| 2022 | Heatherley's, Chelsea, 'Open Access Studios Show' |
| 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, 'Threads' | |
| 2021 | Heatherley's, Chelsea, 'Portrait, Life and Print Open Studios Show' |
| 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, 'Human Condition' | |
| Heatherley's, Chelsea, 'Summer Print Show' | |
| 2020 | Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch, 'The Resilient Self' |
| Contemporary Art Fair - Surrey, Sandown Park | |
| 2019 | University of Cambridge, 'Summer Open 2019' |
| 2017 | Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 'Contemporary Watercolour' |
| Heatherley's, Chelsea, 'Print Exhibition 2017' | |
| Cheyne Walk Trust, Chelsea, 'Chelsea Life Exhibition' | |
| 2016 | St Julian's Gallery, Sevenoaks, 'BPP Summer Exhibition' |
