Ray Hendershot
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"I feel blessed and honored to be a painter. For more than half a century, I have had the privilege of putting down on paper, my thoughts and my feelings about the world around me and those things that have touched my life. If, by doing so, I have also touched the lives of others, then my mission as an artist has been fulfilled." - Ray Hendershot
The Pennsylvania countryside provides the subject matter for this watercolor and acrylic artist. He is highly regarded for his detailed rural landscapes and antique still lifes. However, he explains, the real subject of his work is not the aging farm buildings, the rustic old mills or the antiquated crocks and jugs. The real subject is their surfaces. "I am intrigued by the texture of a crumbling stone wall, the splintered wood of an old wagon or the way the light reflects off a piece of hand-turned stoneware, the signs of many years of wear and hard use. Over the years, I have developed a number of texturing methods that I feel adequately depict these signs of aging. As a matter of fact, I have written a book about the subject, titled 'Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors', that was released by Northlight Publishing in November of 1999."
Ray is an elected signature member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society receiving the Sylvan Grouse Society Honors, Philadelphia Watercolor Society receiving the Crest Medal Award Honors, and the International Society of Acrylic Painters.
His selected publicatioins are: "Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors" published and released in 1999, Splash, 3, 4, & 9, Palette Talk Magazine, American Artist Magazine, Artist's Magazine, Chinese Watercolor, published in Beijing, China, Bucks County Magazine, County Line Magazine and Nouveau.