About the Artist
Victor Henderson exhibited with The Whitehouse Gallery from 2010, until he passed away in 2020.
Victor worked primarily in watercolour, working directly without any preparatory drawing. He would often do some rapid on-site colour wash and line, and then in the studio would work on two or three papers at a time. This moving from one to the other allowed for the varied drying times of different papers and paint and changing colour, brushes, or using what came to hand to make a mark.
Victor used washout and resists or texture the paper before painting in an attempt to surprise himself with an unexpected result. It is this constant balancing act between accident and technique which he loved, the fluidity and transparency of the medium is its strength.
Victor began his career the NHS in mental health. He retired in 2007 from a Joint appointment as honorary psychotherapist with the Lansdowne clinic in Glasgow, and as Lecturer in the Health faculty of Glasgow Caledonian University.
Although he attended Glasgow School of Art in 1965, he felt in retrospect he was too young and spent the time devoted to pleasure rather than work and left after the third term. In later life, he returned to painting, and became a full time artist from 2010. He was well known in Dumfries & Galloway, and has work in many private collections.
