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ARTIST STATEMENT
Rural Pennsylvania and coastal Maine – regions that I know well, regions that have special meaning to me.
An old stone mill, an abandoned farmhouse, an empty corncrib, an aging barn – each one a structure yet much more. Time and history have left their imprint. Each one evokes a special place, a special time. They are all a part of a rural community and a way of life that is quickly fading into the past. They are all a part of the Pennsylvania heritage that is rapidly disappearing. I’d like to feel, in a way, that I have preserved them in my paintings.
A stately lighthouse watching over a stormy sea, a weath-ered lobster shanty on a tiny island, the pounding surf on a rugged shoreline – places that evoke special emotions. I’ve always loved the sea – the salt air, the sea spray, the energy of the surf, the legends of the coastal lights, the romance of it all. I hope these feelings come across in my paintings of two places that are very special to me – mid-coast Maine, and the remote Monhegan Island.
Bradley Hendershot
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bradley Hendershot is primarily a painter of coastal Maine and rural Pennsylvania – regions that he knows well, regions that have special meaning to him.
Many of Brad’s subjects can be found close to his home and studio in Hoppenville, Marlborough Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. “My Pennsylvania paintings depict the rural community and a way of life that is quickly fading into the past. Many of the timber and stone barns and mills, the houses and outbuildings, which are part of the Pennsylvania heritage, are rapidly disappearing. I’d like to feel, in a way, that I have preserved them in my paintings.”
“In Maine, I paint the rugged shoreline of the mid-coast region and Monhegan Island where I enjoy the smell of salt air and the feeling of sea spray. I’ve always loved the sea, probably a combination of things –the boats, the energy of the surf, the rocks, the storms and the romance of it all. I hope this comes across in my paintings of the weathered clapboard lobster shanties and the granite towers of the lighthouses.”
Brad has been drawing and painting most of his life. “My early inspiration and guidance came from my father, artist Ray Hendershot.”
Using a representational approach in his painting, most of Brad's work has been in the water-media. “I find watercolor to be very challenging and rewarding, and I like the spontaneity and freshness of the medium.” If Brad gets particularly involved with the form and texture of a subject, he takes watercolor one step further, employing a drybrush technique.
Using drybrush, textures and details are built up by applying small strokes of the brush and very little water with the pigment. The drybrush work is built upon an initial watercolor wash that is usually quite fluid. The color, in spots, may be very dense and opaque, emphasizing the transparency of other areas. Most often, a combination of both wetbrush and drybrush techniques can be found in a single work. “I don't stick to the traditional watercolor rules in my painting. I use a variety of techniques, doing what I feel is necessary to obtain the result I want in the finished work.” Brad begins each new concept by doing preliminary sketches of the subject. These studies may be done in pencil, pen and ink, or watercolor.
Brad paints with an intense devotion to realistic detail while at the same time artistic license is employed for the sake of composition and to evoke a certain feeling or mood in the viewer. Using his creativity in the overall planning of a work, Brad emphasizes the features and details that best capture and produce the desired effect or emotion. Brad feels that each new work presents an opportunity to develop and refine his techniques. Thus, Brad will continue to grow for as long as he continues to paint.
The Hendershot & Krieg Studio at Hoppenville House in Hoppenville, Pennsylvania, which Brad shares with his wife, artist Katharine (Katy) Krieg is open by chance or by appointment, or during one of the advertised scheduled open houses during the year. He also holds an open studio/gallery each summer on Monhegan Island, Maine with Katy. Dates of the open studio are posted on this site under the EVENTS/SHOWS tab.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Bradley Hendershot has achieved the following:
American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA): Signature Artist
International Society of Marine Painters (ISMP): Signature Professional Artist
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society (PWS) : Signature Membership
Philadelphia Water Color Society (PWCS): Signature Membership
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Selected Featured Exhibitions
Hendershot & Krieg Studio/Gallery, Monhegan Island, Maine – 2019, '18, '17, '16, '15, '14, '13, Open Studio with Katharine Krieg
Hendershot & Krieg Studio, Hoppenville, PA – 2020, '19, '18, '17, Open Studio with Katharine Krieg
Perkiomen School, in partnership with the James A. Michener Art Museum, Pennsburg, PA – 2017, Feature Exhibition along the works of Walter E. Baum and Melville Stark
Patricia Hutton Galleries, Doylestown, PA – 2017, Two-person Exhibition with Katharine Krieg, Times and Places
Chadds Ford Gallery, Chadds Ford, PA – 2014, Three-person Exhibition with Carolyn Anderson and Jacalyn Beam, Recent Works
Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA – 2014, Two-person Exhibition with Katharine Krieg, Viewpoints
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, PA – 2011, SOLO Exhibition, Home and Away
Hendershot Studio, Monhegan Island, Maine – 2011, '10, '09, Open Studio
Ocean House Gallery, Port Clyde, Maine - 2011, SOLO Exhibition, Allure of the Sea
The Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, PA – 2010, Two-person Exhibition with father Ray Hendershot
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2008, Two-person Exhibition with father Ray Hendershot, The Tradition Continues
Ocean House Gallery at the Rose Cottage, Port Clyde, Maine – 2008, Two-person Exhibition with Jerry Cable
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2007, SOLO Exhibition, Simple Ways
Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE – 2007, SOLO Exhibition, A Sense of the Past
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, PA – 2006, SOLO Exhibition, A Sense of Place
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2006, SOLO Exhibition, Recent Work, 2006
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2005, SOLO Exhibition, No Boundaries
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2004, SOLO Exhibition, Dusk to Dawn
Chadds Ford Gallery, Chadds Ford, PA – 2004, Two-person Exhibition with father Ray Hendershot, A Tradition
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2003, SOLO Exhibition, Bradley Hendershot’s Bucks County
Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE – 2002, SOLO Exhibition, Heritage
Gallery-by-the-Sea, Port Clyde, ME – 2002, SOLO Exhibition, Bradley Hendershot’s Maine
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2002, Two-person Exhibition with Jerry Cable, Between the Brush Strokes
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2001, SOLO Exhibition, Near Home
Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE – 2000, SOLO Exhibition, Special Places, Special Times
Gallery-by-the-Sea, Port Clyde, ME – 2000, Selected Artists Exhibition, Twelve for 2000
Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE – 2000, Three-person Exhibition with Michael Rocco and Philip Wikoff, Painted Landscapes
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 1999, Two-person Exhibition with Barbara Lewis, Quiet Sounds of Nature
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 1997, Two-person Exhibition with June Maxwell
Roaring Brook Gallery, Breman, ME – 1996, SOLO Exhibition
Hardcastle Gallery, Wilmington, DE – 1986, SOLO Exhibition, Recent Works
Hardcastle Gallery, Wilmington, DE – 1984, Two-person Exhibition with Mark Smothers, Recent Paintings
EMR Yesterday and Today Gallery, Ventnor, NJ – 1983, Three-person Exhibition
Selected Group Exhibitions
Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA – 2011, '10
Birdsboro Fine Arts Show, Birdsboro, PA – 1998
Branch Creek Community Church, Harleysville, PA – 2005
Bucks County Courthouse, Doylestown, PA – 1983
Chadds Ford Gallery, Chadds, Ford, PA – 2015, '05, '04, '03, '02, 1984, '83
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA – 1999, '97
The Corlis Gallery of American Art, Albany, NY – 2020
Design Domaine Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ – 2010
Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME – 2007
Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA – 1979
Gallery at Cedar Hollow, Malvern, PA – 1997
Gallery One, Mentor, OH – 2019, '03
Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE – 2008, '07, '06, '05, '04, '02, '01, '00, 1999
Hardcastle, Gallery, Wilmington, DE – 1989, '86, '83
Hardcastle Gallery, Yorklyn, DE – 1994
The Hill School, Pottstown, PA – 2002
Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA – 2015, '14, '13, '12, '11, '10, '09, '08, '07, '06, '05, '04, '03, '02, '01, '00, 1999, '98, '97
Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Berks Co., PA – 1982
Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA – 2006, '05, '03, '02, '01, '00, '99, '98, '97
Knollcrest Gallery, Flemington, NJ – 2004, '03
Lebanon Valley College, Lebanon, PA – 1980
Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ - 1982
Patricia Hutton Galleries, Doylestown, PA – 2020, '19, '18, '17, '16, '15, '14
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Harrisburg, PA – 2006, 1982
Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, PA – 2017, '16, '10, '08, 1996
Perkiomen Valley Art Center, Harleysville/Schwenksville, PA – 2020, '19, '05, '04, '02, 1996
Philadelphia Water Color Society – 2020, '00, 1996
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA – 2019
Pottstown Area Artists Guild, Pottstown, PA – 2002, 1999, '98, '97, '96, '92
Regina Coeli Academy, Wyndmoor, PA – 2008
The Snow Goose Gallery, Bethlehem, PA – 2020, 1993, '92
Travis Gallery, New Hope, PA – 2010, '09, '08, '07, '06, '05, '04, '03, '02, '01, '00, 1999
Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ – 2003
University and Whist Club, Wilmington, DE – 1998, '96, '95, '94, '93, '89, '88, '87, '86, '85, '84, '83
University of Delaware, Goodstay Center, Wilmington, DE – 2007, '06, '05, '00
Whitford Country Club, Exton, PA – 2010
SELECTED CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bank of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Clofine Dairy, Linwood, NJ
Delaware Trust Company, Wilmington, DE
Deep Run Packing, Dublin, PA
EMR Yesterday and Today Gallery, Ventnor, NJ
Eyecare of the Valley, Pennsburg, PA
Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA
MBNA, Camden/Rockland, ME
MBNA, Newark, DE
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
National Distributers, Inc., South Portland, ME
Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, PA
St. Luke’s University Hospital, Pennsburg, PA
St. Luke's Upper Bucks Campus, Quakertown, PA
University and Whist Club, Wilmington, DE
University of Delaware, Newark
Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, DE
Worth & Company, Pipersville, PA
REPRODUCTIONS
Brad’s paintings have been issued as limited-edition and open-edition reproductions by Stonerow Publishing in Pennsylvania, and as open-edition reproductions by Bruce McGaw Graphics and by Frames Plus in New York.
CURRENT OFFERINGS of Brad's Giclee reproductions can be seen on this web site under the STORE tab.
WORKSHOPS
Brad holds painting workshops on Monhegan Island during the summer months during which he shares his techniques and artistic experiences with beginning- to intermediate-level artists. Dates and information appear on his web site.