Robyn A. Henry
Artist Statement
2021


I make art.
Because when I wake up, my hands itch
But not as much as they do at night
When I’m laying on my back
Staring at the faces in the sky.
I make art.
Because there’s a rib ache when I chest bind
And over time I’ve come to find
That painting it makes it hurt a little less.
I make art.
Because when I sit still, my skin writhes
With creatures I don’t recognize, but know
Though we have not met;
And drawing them gets them out of my head.
I make art.
Because art is creation and creation is life
Made through the power of loving the things in my mind
And pulling them forward to live in the light.
I make art.