Artforum. In 1976, Henry traveled to Alaska before settling in Washington, where she has lived since 1981 on Whidbey Island. Also in 1976, at Centrum in Port Townsend, Washington, she attended a master painter's class with Jack Tworkov, then in his seventies. Tworkov remarked the affinity between their work; according to Kangas, the "linear precision and complexity" of Tworkov's late work owes a great deal to Henry; he, in turn, greatly encouraged her in her work. Henry still made art until about 2003, but she ceased painting in her early 90s when she could no longer stretch her own canvases. Henry died after suffering a stroke. Honors and awards Member of American Abstract Artists since 1992 Flintridge Award for Visual Artists (2001) Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (2006) Shows and collections Henry's work is in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, Institute of Design IIT, Microsoft, Safeco, Hewlett-Packard, and Amgen, among others. Henry has been particularly championed by curator Matthew Kangas, who included her work in a salon des refuses (Seattle, 1980), in numerous shows (1985–2000) at the Bumbershoot arts festival, and in a 1994 show of works owned by Seattle City Light, as well as curating solo shows of her work at Open Space (Victoria, British Columbia, 1985) and the Wright Exhibition Space (Seattle, 2007). Notes References California Birth Index 1905-1995. Matthew Kangas, "Mary Henry: Selected Paintings" (catalog for exhibition at the Wright Exhibition space, Seattle, 2007). Elizabeth Bryant, "Interactive E Row, D.K. "Washington Artist Mary Henry Dies at 95" Oregonian, May 21, 2009. External links Mary Henry on pdxcontemporaryart.com Mary Henry, 96, Northwest painter (obituary), Seattle Times, July 5, 2009. Modern painters Modern printmakers 1913 births 2009 deaths American women painters Painters from California Painters from Washington (state) American women printmakers 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists 20th-century American printmakers People from Mendocino, California People from Island County, Washington 21st-century American painters 21st-century American women artists