Harsh Re-Entry, 12x12 Original Fluid Acrylic on Gallery‑Wrapped Canvas (Unframed, Finished Edges) – Embrace the Unknown Series – Theresa Henderson (2022)
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This painting captures the blistering drama of an object plummeting back to atmosphere. Henderson pours an abyssal black base, then injects searing oranges and oxygen-rich whites in a rapid downward swipe. The hot pigments claw through the darkness, leaving serrated trails of ember reds and neon tangerine that crackle like ablative plating scorched mid-descent.
To heighten the sense of speed, she fires a butane torch along the leading edge, fracturing color boundaries into tiny, charred cells that resemble sparks peeling away from a spacecraft hull. Yet at the uppermost margin, a thin veil of smoky lavender appears—cooling gases signaling transition from chaos to calm. Harsh Re-entry becomes a visceral meditation on passage: the violent friction required for anything leaving the unknown to arrive home renewed.
Artist: Theresa Henderson
Photo Credit: Rooted and Raw Photography
This painting captures the blistering drama of an object plummeting back to atmosphere. Henderson pours an abyssal black base, then injects searing oranges and oxygen-rich whites in a rapid downward swipe. The hot pigments claw through the darkness, leaving serrated trails of ember reds and neon tangerine that crackle like ablative plating scorched mid-descent.
To heighten the sense of speed, she fires a butane torch along the leading edge, fracturing color boundaries into tiny, charred cells that resemble sparks peeling away from a spacecraft hull. Yet at the uppermost margin, a thin veil of smoky lavender appears—cooling gases signaling transition from chaos to calm. Harsh Re-entry becomes a visceral meditation on passage: the violent friction required for anything leaving the unknown to arrive home renewed.
Artist: Theresa Henderson
Photo Credit: Rooted and Raw Photography