Lelia Henry 

Lelia Henry is an artist living and working in Athlone. Lelia studied art at NCAD and  Iadt before travelling to Florence to study Old Master drawing techniques. Her practice is drawing based, and she works mainly in charcoal and graphite, but also use ink, silverpoint, oils and watercolour. She follows the traditional genres of landscape and figurative work, and attends weekly life drawing sessions at the RHA.

Lelia States:

“My process involves building up tones gradually. I erase and redraw several times, to create layers with the charcoal. Each re-working leaves its own trace, building up texture on the surface. I work from life as much as possible, immersing myself in the environment. I explore the landscape through a mix of sustained observational drawing and sketching. My drawings are intuitive, a direct response to the landscape around me. My aim is neither photo-realism nor loose interpretation, but to depict what is before me in terms of light, shadow, depth and texture.”