Artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson discuss Cletus Henriques’s oil painting River’s Edge, which was completed in 1968. This is the 18th piece of art of national significance that has been elucidated since this series began last year. River’s Edge form a part of the National Collection and will be available for viewing at the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House during the month of September.
Stanley Greaves: River’s Edge by Cletus Henriques is one of the finest works in his middle period expressionistic mode. It is not abstract expressionist because references to water, river bank and sky are present. Henriques had spent some years in Brazil, which would have exposed him to approaches to painting not employed by many artists in Guyana. Closest to him would have been Hubert Moshett and Ron Savory in some works. River’s Edge makes a direct appeal to the senses, like music. Of interest is his use of a
