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EDUCATION
Multimedia Design / Associates Degree,
Richland College, Dallas, TX
Fine Art, University of New Orleans,
.New Orleans, LA.
Architecture, Louisiana Tech University,
Ruston, LA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2007 May 2007 Artist-in-Residence, Hot Springs
National Park, Arkansas.
2006 Second Prize Winner-Landscapes, International
Artist magazine, February/March, 2007.
1991 Arts For the Parks, Top 100
paintings, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson, Wyoming.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 "Plein Air Paintings
of Hot Springs" Hot Springs National Park's
Fordyce Visitor's Center, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
2006 "White Rock Lake: Painted Points and Panoramas-oil paintings by
Chris McHenry." White Rock Lake Museum / Bath House Cultural Center,
Dallas, Texas.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
2008 "Beauty and the Brush 2008", Garvand Woodland Gardens' invitational plein air painting event, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
2007 "May 2007 Artist-in-Residence, Hot Springs National Park"
Hot Springs, Arkansas.
2005 "The Four Seasons, Contemporary Landscapes and Sculpture."
Sherry French Gallery, New York, New York.
2004 "Mainly Maine,Landscape Paintings from Maine and Beyond,"
Sherry French Gallery, New York, New York.
2004 "Gallery and Invited Artists," Sherry French Gallery, New
York, New York.
2004 "White Rock, Trees and Other Natural Forms," Marie
Park, Private Dealer, Dallas, Texas.
2003 Outside the Lines 3 Exhibition, Bath House Cutural Center,
juried exhibition, Dallas, Texas.
2000 "As Bees in Honey Drown", (theatre) Scenic designer
for Southern Methodist University production, Dallas, Texas.
1994 ARTEXAS International '94, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas,
Texas.
1993 Fort Worth Annual Gallery Night, Artenergies, Fort Worth,
Texas.
1993 ARTEXAS International '93, Dallas Convention Center, Dallas,
Texas.
1993 Salute to ARTEXAS International '93, Neiman Marcus, Dallas,
Texas.
1993 Recent Works by Gallery Artists, Herr-Chambliss Fine Arts,
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
1992 New Works by Gallery Artists, Artenergies, Fort Worth, Texas.
1992 Recent Works, Herr-Chambliss Fine Arts, Hot Springs National
Park, Arkansas.
1991 Photo/Photo-Real, Marie Park, Private Dealer, Dallas, Texas.
1991 Arts For the Parks, Top 100 paintings for the 1991 competition,
National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson, Wyoming.
1991 Herr-Chambliss Fine Arts, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
1990 Cityscapes/Landscapes, Exhibit Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
"Chris McHenry Selected as May Artist-in-Residence
for Hot Springs National Park,"The Springs Magazine, May,
2007.
"Second Prize Winner-Landscapes,"International
Artist magazine, February/March, 2007.
M. Stephen Doherty, "Using Contrasts to Make Landscapes More Believable,"American
Artist magazine, November, 2006.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES / PHOTOS / PUBLICATIONS
Hot Springs National Park Business Plan, fiscal year 2007, photos pp.27,40,41.
"Bulbs, boats, and brushstrokes," The Sentinel-Record,
p.5B, March 28, 2008.
"Hot Springs National Park accepts applications for '08 Artist-in-Residence
"The Sentinel-Record, p.6B, October 12, 2007.
"" Mountain View' National Park Artist-in-Residence McHenry
completes panoramic piece,"The Sentinel-Record, p.7B, October
1, 2007.
"May Artist-in-Residence discovers new vantage points in HS National
Park," The Sentinel-Record, June 1, 2007.
"Artistic Expression," The Sentinel-Record, May 20, 2007.
"Resident artist paints in the park, rain or shine," The
Sentinel-Record, May 9, 2007.
"Spa Native next artist-in-residence," The Sentinel-Record,
April 29, 2007.
"Seven artists chosen for HSNP residence program," The Sentinel-Record,
March 29, 2007.
"The Art of Health Care," Report to the Community, St.
Joseph's Mercy Health Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 2007.
John Lovett, "American Artist magazine features Hot Springs
native," The Sentinel-Record, October 15, 2006.
"Landscape artist captures White Rock Lake's mystique," The
Dallas Morning News, Neighbors-White Rock,M Streets,Lakewood, September
30, 2006.
Bath House Celebrates its 25th Anniversary," The Dallas Morning
News, September 16, 2006.
Mary Monigold, "Lake Life," Dallas Observer, November
11, 2004.
Jim Mahoney, "A Beautiful Day to Brush up on his Painting,"
The Dallas Morning News, September 9, 2003.
Bud Kenny, "Art Doctors to the Rescue," Arkansas Arts Chronicle,
Summer 1995.
" Dallas Artist Finishes HS High School Painting," The Sentinel-Record,
May 9, 1993.
Stephen Steed, "Medicinal Art," Hot Springs Arts Chronicle,
February 10, 1993.
"A Moment in Time," The Sentinel-Record, July 18, 1992.
"Four artist's work displayed tonight at Herr-Chambliss," The
Sentinel-Record, July 2, 1992.
"Main Street," The Sentinel-Record, October 20, 1991.
Rebecca Donner, "Painting of Bathhouse Row to Join Park Service Exhibit,"
The Sentinel-Record, July 23, 1991.
"Bathhouse Visitor Center Added to Gallery Walk, " La Villa
News, April 3, 1991.
Susan Pierce, "Works by Arkansans at Hot Springs Gallery," Arkansas
Democrat, February 10, 1991.
"Hometown Artist Returns," The Sentinel-Record, February
7, 1991.
TALKS / LECTURES / DEMONSTRATIONS
ArtTalk "Dallas artist Chris McHenry is guest speaker
for the Visual Art League," Oct. 2, 2007. VAL Gallery, Lewisville, Texas.
"Gallery Talk with painter Chris McHenry," The Bath House Cultural Center
presents an Art Night with For the Love of the Lake. September 9, 2006.
Bath House Cultural Center’s 25th Anniversary Celebration. Dallas, Texas.
INTERVIEWS
"Arts in the Parks,"
KBMB Radio, April 4, 1991, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
"21st Hot Springs Gallery Walk," KBMB Radio, February 7, 1991,
Hot Springs, Arkansas.
CATALOGS
Art in America, 2007-2008 Annual Guide to
Museums, Galleries & Artists, Brant Art Publications, Inc., New York,
New York, 2007.
Art in America, 2006-2007 Guide to Museums,Galleries, Artists, Brant
Publications, New York, New York, 2006.
Art in America, 2004 Guide to Museums,Galleries, Artists, Brant
Publications, New York, New York, 2004.
Art in America, 91/92 Guide to Museums,Galleries, Artists, Brant
Publications, New York, New York, 1992.
ARTexas International '93,The Dallas Art Dealers and The 500, Inc.,
Dallas, Texas, 1993.
Arts for the Parks 1991, National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson,
Wyoming, 1991.
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About the Artist
While studying fine art at the University of New Orleans I became familiar
with the work of pop artist James Rosenquist. His bold, seemingly simple
style appealed to me. 
I studied his work, discovered that he had once painted billboards, and
without consciously thinking about it decided to follow in his footsteps.
One day while walking down Canal Street I looked up and saw a scaffold
hanging from an enormous billboard atop a 5 or 6 story building and on
it walking back and forth like there was no tomorrow were two painters
in the middle of painting a woman's cheek for a liquor advertisement.
It looked very impressive, absolutely fascinating, and admittedly slightly
scary. A week later I was working with these same painters at an outdoor
advertising company in New Orleans. I loved the idea of painting huge
images of famous people's faces, Coke bottles, cars, whiskey bottles and
other pictures on signs 14 feet high by 48 feet wide sometimes 30 to 100
feet above the ground while motorists and pedestrians hurried by below.
My career as a pictorial billboard artist brought me to the Dallas area
over 25 years ago (read more about McHenry's billboard painting in American
Artist magazine's feature article about the artist in their November
2006 issue). I started painting the second day I arrived and
have been painting here almost every day since in one capacity or another
as a billboard artist, mural painter, scenic painter, and digitally as
a computer artist. When I first started pursuing my fine art career full-time
I focused on realistically rendered Dallas cityscapes. Gradually my interests
expanded from architectural images to include landscapes with architectural
elements. For the past few years White Rock Lake has been one of the locations
where I have focused my artistic interest. Many of my White Rock scenes
have been panoramic and most include large areas of sky and water. Recently
I outfitted a paint boat so that I can get out on the lake and paint views
that are inaccessible from the shore. Whenever possible I complete small
to medium size paintings on location using a French easel or a pochade
box on a tripod. 
Larger paintings are completed in the studio using on site color sketches
and photographs as reference One window of my studio looks out towards
the lake; whenever I see interesting cloud, weather, or lighting conditions
I quickly head to the lake to capture the moment.
Lately I have been making paint trips to Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
In May of 2007 I was the Artist-in-Residence and spent an entire month
painting in the park. Having lived in Hot Springs during my junior high
and high school years, I am quite familiar with the area and have many
fond memories of the locations I paint there. Among the paintings I did
during my stay were several plein air paintings of Bath House Row in downtown
Hot Springs. Along with these paintings of downtown Hot Springs other
cityscape and architecture paintings I have completed recently include
a cityscape painting
of the San Antonio Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas and a commissioned
painting of an aerial view of Hot
Springs from Hot Springs Mountain.
artist painting in Big Bend National Park, Texas
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