HENRY ASENCIO

“Painting for me is very cathartic and is the most articulate way for me to express my passion and internal dialogues.”

Transition
30 x 20

Hand-embellished fine art limited edition
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Avant-garde in execution, his work blends the classical ideals of figurative painting with a unique, contemporary style revered in his art. Merging introspection and visual spectacle, Asencio’s personal investigations of feminity, spirituality and abstraction possess the power to transform today’s ideals of elegance and contemporary sensuality.

Tranquil Dreams
12 x 24
Original oil on canvas
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In 1996, Asencio was sponsored by art supply company, Thayer and Chandler, which resulted in exposure in exhibitions as far as Germany and Paris. In 1998, Asencio’s work was recognized in an art competition in Amsterdam, where he earned the prestige of being a first-time artist dually awarded with gold and silver medals in two separate divisions: self-portraiture in oils and work in acrylic medium. Excellent in his chosen discipline, Asencio graduated with honors from the San Francisco Art Academy in 1999. He was even a chosen finalist in The Artist’s Magazine competion that same year, again for his work in portraiture.

Azure
36 x 24
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Although Asencio earned a living as a portrait artist early in his career, today he is “more concerned with creating a mood and pushing the aesthetic rather than achieving a true likeness as the ultimate end.” Asencio refers to the current content of his work as “sublime figures with aggressive application.”

Eternity
40 x 30
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He is naturally drawn to paint the human figure for its “timeless sensitivity” and, he adds, “nothing inspires me more intensely than the female form.”

Mistral
23 x 30
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His artwork is noted for its sensual vitality that is striking and simple; it is art that “sustains its integrity through the subtleties.” In the end, it is Asencio’s impulsive approach to his art and the passion expressed in each one of his paintings that has the power to move the viewer and take on an identitly all its own.

Beholding
36 x 30
Hand-embellished fine art limited edition
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A native of California, today the artist lives and works in his studio near San Jose, north of his birthplace of Los Angeles.

View more of Henry Asencio's work here.

Contact me with inquiries.
anniec@ecgallery.com