![Three Boats, oil on linen, 60 x 60"](https://savvypainter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a.Three-Boats-oil-on-linen-60-x-60-1024x1006-1.jpg)
Join Antrese for this fascinating interview with artist Henry Isaacs. Henry discusses his early exposure to art and how it influences his work some 50 years later. He also talks extensively about color, his most profound influences as well as his methods.
Show Notes:
- How exposure to art at an early age still shows up in his work today
- Finding pleasure by treating art as a job
- Insights on how observation is critical to his work
- Henry’s on site process
- Why collectors don’t like to invite Henry over for dinner
- What assignments does Henry give himself
- What influence a couple (Hiroshima survivors) provided
- Who is Henry’s most profound influence
- Does fabric really play a role in his work
- Henry’s Rwandan experiences and how they inform his art
Artists Mentioned:
Jackson Pollock
Josef Albers, Interaction of Color
Johannes Itten, The Elements of Color
![Kopanang, Walk on Two Feet, embroidery on cotton, 38 x 48"](https://savvypainter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kopanang-Walk-on-Two-Feet-embroidery-on-cotton-38-x-48-1024x775-1.jpg)
![Detail of embroidery work by the women of the Kopanang Trust, South Africa](https://savvypainter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kopanang-detail-1024x771-1.jpg)
![Kopanang Embroideries](https://savvypainter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kopanang-Embroideries-color-plays-1024x768-1.jpg)
Rwandan Art
![Akegera, Rwanda, Cow Dung and Pigment on board, 12 x 12" by Henry Isaacs](https://savvypainter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Akegera-Rwanda-Cow-Dung-and-Pigment-on-board-12-x-12-1024x984-1.jpg)
![Double Diamonds, cow dung and pigment on board, 10 x 12](https://savvypainter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Double-Diamonds-cow-dung-and-pigment-on-board-10-x-12-1024x759-1.jpg)
![Diamonds, cow dung and pigment on board, 10 x 12](https://savvypainter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Diamonds-cow-dung-and-pigment-on-board-10-x-12-1024x801-1.jpg)
![Rwandan Cow Dung Painting - stripes detail](https://savvypainter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Rwandan-Cow-Dung-Painting-stripes-detail-1024x768-1.jpg)