Henry Woolway: Mid-Century Minimalist

Through simplicity can a space become alive. Henry Woolway, using striking shapes, delicate gradients, and rugged texture, constructs artworks that capture both the vastness and subtlety of nature. 

Henry Woolway, Knowing Of The Future, 2021

Acrylic on Canvas set in a stained red wood frame with a 5mm shadow gap

112 x 92 cm

Unique Artwork

Seeped in the atmosphere of the vastness of nature, Woolway blends Mid-Century Modern sensibilities with Scandinavian design principles, layering acrylic soaked canvas to create hypnotic artworks. Minimalist and monochromatic, Woolway constructs a visually compelling world. 

Henry Woolway, Råmark 6, 2025

Overlapping acrylic dyed canvas with frayed edges, framed in tray frame

64 x 94.5 cm

Unique Artwork

His youth in rural Cornwall, his years of experience as a designer in TV and Film, blend together into his evocative works. Contrapositions of near-blacks and near-whites, gradations of greys, cut and layered canvas. 

Woolway's artwork has a vital place in interior design. His work is prominently displayed at establishments such as Side Street. The presence of his artwork grounding the room, bringing a sublime, unknowable nature from the outside in. 

Henry Woolway, Knowing Where To Go And Who To Take, 2022

Acrylic on canvas collage, set in a stained Ash frame with a 5mm shadow gap

95 x 65 cm

Unique Artwork

With each painting framed in warm, natural wood, Woolway plays with the organic qualities of his materials. At once, his artworks are abstract, minimalist, monochrome, yet evoke a deep sense of the natural. 

Smolensky is proud to showcase Woolway's artworks. Browse the Woolway Collection today.