Liam Hennessy, born in 1981.
I am instinctively drawn to abstraction in art because of the freedom it implies, and my work is influenced in particular by the formal experimentation of 20th-century abstract painting and sculpture. My practice involves a long process of layering, readjustment, and repainting until a kind of formal coherence and balance is achieved. I am interested in the way that the eye moves around a composition and the visual rhythms that are created; for me each piece is like a map to be explored.
I tend to work intuitively without a clear idea of where each piece will end, preferring to let the process itself direct the finished form of the work.
Liam joined Grand Image in 2024.
Colchester, United Kingdom
