Biography
Among the painting there is a dichotomy between those which appear to have come into being as immediate reactions to events or psychological stimuli and those with a more reflective approach and meticulous technique. Private mythologies need a point of reference common to us all, even if this has to be a textual explanation, otherwise they are incomprehensible.John Henshaw has adopted a formal language from late Guston, with stark awkwardness as a means of expressing a sense of being 'appalled by many things'. - his paintings have a quality of instantaneous, authentic shock.
