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Pat Henry, Puerto Vallarta artist, author, solo sailor and avid tango dancer opens her studio to visitors every other Friday evening. As the interests of her guests dictate, she shares sea stories, demonstrates a tango move, discusses her recent conversion to painting abstracts and doing monotype or just visits about life. Her bright, colorful studio/gallery will fill with interesting Vallarta residents and visitors from 6 to 9:30 this Friday, April 17th. The last two events for this location are scheduled for May 1 and 15. All are welcome. In June, she will move her home and studio to La Cruz de Huanacaxtle.

Twelve years ago, at the end of an eight-year solo-circumnavigation on her 31-foot sailboat, Henry chose Puerto Vallarta for her home. She took a break from painting to write By the Grace of the Sea: A Woman’s Solo Odyssey Around the World (McGraw-Hill/2002), opened a women’s sailing school, and finally returned to art. A long-time watercolorist, she spent spring 2008 exploring new avenues for her artistic expression…moving from realism to pure abstract, from watercolor to acrylic and oil, expanding the physical size of her pieces, and rekindling her passion for painting.

Appointments to visit the studio are available at other times at 222-4119. The Pat Henry Studio is located at Jacarandas 183 in Zona Romantica. Her show includes abstracts as well as monotypes. See www.pat-henry.com