Renate Hennessy is a tempera painter of some twenty years, coming originally from Thuringia, the 'Green Heart of Germany', now living and working in Leigh-on-Sea, England.

She is inspired by Northern European mythic imagery, particularly those myths close to the love of the land and the figures that symbolise the fecundity of nature.

She renders the feelings for this imagery in strong colours and hope that these images will speak to people and awaken in them the same love that she has for subjects such as the Green Man and the Green Woman that emanate from the living landscape.