Most recent works, see studio updates for further details. Yet to finalise prices, titles and where to exhibit…

Abstract painting of a seascape with boats, trees, and a cloudy sky, featuring vibrant blues, greens, and reds.

SOLD

An abstract painting of a swirling water with vibrant blue, black, white, and hints of red and green colors.

SOLD

Abstract painting with swirling blue and green colors, white splatters, and hints of red and yellow.

‘Sea Moods’

The sea has so many moods, this is a series of three 10 inch x 10 inch paintings on wide 1 inch cradled birch board in mixed media. £125 unframed

Painting of a rugged coastline with cliffs on either side, a body of water in the center, and a sky with a mix of light and darker clouds.

A landscape painting of a seascape with cliffs on either side, blue water, and a cloudy sky in the background.

‘Morning Mist Burning Off’

Abstract landscape painting with shades of blue, red, pink, white, and black, framed in white.

Abstract painting with patches of red, blue, white, and black colors and textured patterns.

Abstract painting with red, blue, black, and white brush strokes and textures.

‘Drifting and Basking’

An abstract painting of a blue ocean or sea between two dark rocky cliffs under a light sky.

‘Salt Sea Spray’

Lively interpretation of a wildflower meadow in mixed media on cradled board. Now hanging in an office loft and bringing the freshness of a Devon garden to a work space.

‘Wildflower Meadow Blue’

Lively flower triptych in blues, mixed media on cradled board

Triptych of wildflowers, impressions in blue, mixed media on board. Gracing a loft space.

SOLD

Floral series

I was delighted to have all three selected for exhibition at the Artizan Gallery in Torquay as part of a display celebrating Women’s Art. They are currently for sale at £420 each- mixed media paintings size 50cm x 50 cm cradled boards. ‘Flower Force’ can be seen at The Art Hub on Newton Hill, Newton Ferrers.

Abstract painting of a vase with pink and white flowers, with dark centers, against a textured cyan and red background.

Abstract floral painting with large white and pink flowers in a black and blue vase, with a red rectangular shape and textured background.

‘Blowsy Blooms’ 50x50cm

‘Flower Force’ 50x50cm

Abstract painting featuring a vase of white flowers, with pink, blue, and dark shapes and colors in the background.

‘Floral Dance’ 50x50cm

A colorful abstract painting with splashes of pink, blue, black, and white behind text advertising the Artizan Women's Open Exhibition, featuring works of Theresa Henning from March 9th to April 13th, at Artizan Collective Gallery.

Proudly standing next to two of my paintings depicting black vases with red and pink floral arrangements.

A woman with gray hair wearing a black patterned jacket observes abstract paintings in an art gallery.

‘Wildflowers’

A series of 6 paintings in acrylic and mixed media on cradled board.

Wildflower Series

This lively, colourful series was created in response to the vibrant surroundings I was privileged to enjoy during my Art Residency in June. The weather was glorious and the energy generated by all the Spring growth was palpable. Days were long, nights were clear and star filled. Studio time was peaceful, uninterrupted and stretched out over several weeks. I was neck deep in the wildflower meadow surrounding the house. Almost inevitably what emerged was floral and wild.

Three are sold but three are available from my shop and the Yealm Art Society Spring Sale 19th-21st April. They are mixed media on cradled A3 boards framed in white St Ives frames. £295

Closely cropped flower image yellow and purple study

‘Look more closely’ a pollinators’ eye view of wildflowers.

‘Flower arranging ’ a colourful collection of flowers and found objects.

Abstract painting of purple flowers with black accents and a white background in a white frame.

‘Bee flower’ Who are flowers for? Our insects!

Abstract floral artwork with purple, black, yellow, and white paint on canvas, titled "Buds and Flowers" by Theresa Henning, hanging on a wall with a gallery label.

SOLD ‘Buds and Flowers’

Close up of work exhibited in ‘The Green’ cafe and delicatessen Newton Ferrers

SOLD ‘Daisies Rule’ happily hanging in purchasers home.

Hanging in ‘The Green’ cafe and delicatessen Newton Ferrers

A selection of the ‘Wildflowers’ series exhibited at ‘The Green’ deli and café at Newton Ferrers.

Abstract painting with soft pastel colors, red and blue accents, and textured elements, framed in a white wooden frame.

Abstract painting with red shapes, black curves, and textured, muted background in white, blue, and green hues, framed in white.

SOLD

Framed in bespoke St Ives frames.

‘Fishing Gear’

A series of 3 mixed media on cradled board. A4 size framed in bespoke St Ives frames.

'Fishing Gear'

A series of 3 paintings started at an annual art residency and completed back at my studio. These acrylic/mixed media were inspired by watching the harvesting and preparation of oysters, the shore side industry surrounding the beachside oyster bar. Acrylic/mixed-media

‘Port Town’

A series of 3 mixed media on cradled board. A4 size framed in bespoke St Ives Frames

3 paintings revelling in the vitality and character of a bustling port. Watching visiting yachtsmen, liveaboards and fishermen about their daily business. Acrylic/ mixed media.

Boats docked at a marina with clear blue water, a partly cloudy sky, and buildings in the background.

Abstract painting featuring a test tube, a person's silhouette, and red lips, with layered textures and splashes of black, blue, and red.

Last in the series, ‘Café Culture’ collage on A4 cradled board. In St Ives frame. SOLD

Harbour Series

Inspired by the small ports and harbours with their tangle of nets, ropes, winches, boats and boat parts combined with beautiful natural settings.

‘Quayside’

Man-made and natural objects, order and chaos, noise and tranquility. All on the side of the quay. For sale 60x42 £280. Currently being exhibited at The Art Hub, Newton Hill, Newton Ferrers

Abstract painting with shapes in black, blue, peach, and pastel colors, framed in light wood.

Part of an art gallery wall with three abstract paintings.

Abstract painting with pastel and blue hues, based on a harbour scene.

‘Immersion’

A layered, abstract exploration in acrylic and mixed-media on canvas board. 60 x42 cm £280 SOLD

Abstract painting with various shades of blue, beige, and hints of orange, featuring overlapping shapes and textures.

Charcoal Drawings on Paper

I love exploring the different shades and textures possible using charcoal, exploring the play of light and dark. Whether it's blending tones to show delicate details or using strong strokes for powerful contrast, charcoal drawings have their own unique beauty.

NB Photographed after framing so there is some distortion from reflections on the glass.

Landscape triptych

Three black-and-white landscape sketches displayed vertically in a black frame.

‘Sheltering from the heat’

Black and white watercolor painting of a winding country road with trees on both sides, a utility pole, and a house in the distance.

‘Meeting in the Woods on a Snowy Day’

A black and white sketch of a winter landscape featuring a large leafless tree on the left, smaller trees, and a winding path through the scene.

Semi-abstract landscape studies

A painting of a river or stream flowing between dark, forested cliffs under a blue sky, with a bridge spanning the water in the distance.

‘Holding Noss in my thoughts’ SOLD

An impressionist painting of a river or canal lined with trees and buildings, with reflections on the water and a subtle color palette.

‘Remembering Noss’ SOLD

SHAF Arts Trail presents me with an opportunity to show a new body of work at the Art Hub in Newton Ferrers. The culmination of a year's work, it is a delight to hang them all together for the first time in public. Those of you who follow my Instagram account will have seen snippets of the pictures and information about my inspiration and process. Some were painted at the ‘Chicken Shed’, others in my own studio and still others on the coast of Brittany . If you would like to know more about this current series, my sketchbooks, current lines of enquiry please sign up for my newsletter. Or visit during the Trail. This year between 18th-27th October.

Flux series

Abstract painting featuring a mix of colors including teal, black, pink, red, blue, and white with textured brushstrokes and faint outline of a hand.

‘Hovering’ 84x60cm

Abstract painting with various shapes and colors, including teal, pink, black, and white, on a predominantly light background.

‘Nourishing’ 84x60cm

Abstract painting, predominantly in black, green, red, and white colors.

‘Merging’ 84x60cm

Flux suggested itself as a title. It encapsulated my life for a period of two years as I contemplated moving from my riverside home of 20 years. There were compelling reasons to move but the climate for selling houses, always a changing one, was undergoing a period of uncertainty. I was consequently in a state of limbo, unable to consider where I might settle in the future and unsettled in my current home.

It caused me to consider what home really meant to me, where my sense of security derived from and how to endure in the ‘flux’. Out of this period of reflection three large scale paintings emerged. Hovering’, Merging’ and ‘Nourishing. As the titles suggest they are about states of being, which are dynamic and ongoing. They have energy but also a sense of peace, balance and well-being. Life is a dynamic state, these paintings are my response to its challenges, beauties and uncertainties.

A bright interior room with a large abstract painting of hummingbirds on a light-colored wall, a small windowsill with colorful flowers in a black and white mug, and decorative plush owls, with stairs and garden outside visible through a door and window.

An abstract painting in an interior setting.

An abstract painting on a wall featuring a mix of colors including blue, red, black, and beige with various textures and shapes.

There is a childlike joy, which never leaves you, in peering into a rock pool. Waiting still until a shy crab or blenny emerges from the canopy of brightly coloured weeds. Watching near transparent shrimps, jewel anemone tentacles waving. But life in this liminal region is already tough, how will it fair with the temperature rises predicted?

These tiny precious ecosystems, so familiar and precious, are threatened.

My paintings are memories, feelings evoked, wistful representations of rock pools. Inspired both by local beaches and by reading ‘The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides’ by Adam Nicolson

As he writes

‘Life is tidal, full of loss and arrival, a thing that makes and ebbs,”

A reminder to us of the fragility of our little ecosystem.