An Artists Salon with Robert Henry & Laura Shabott

The artists have a long relationship as teacher and student. Laura Shabott has studied with Robert Henry in three different courses over the past couple of years.

“Bob works with unexpected materials and bursts with vitality,” Shabott says of Henry, “He brings a spirit of playfulness to artmaking and has a great gift for preserving the magic.”

Henry has strong praise for Shabott: “Being creative means playing. Serious playing is the way to find your potential as an artist. Laura’s understanding of what I taught is remarkable. I don’t think any other student has understood it as well.”

Robert Henry is currently represented in the CCMoA exhibition, Go Figure – Exploring the Human Form with his painting, “The Struggling Artist.” (The Image is shown on this page.) He began as an artist in New York City studying with the famed teacher Hans Hofmann and as a young man was deep…