Tiger Strikes Asteroid Philadelphia presents Tigers Blue Jays Trees / Jungles Branches / Green Leaves: New Work by Clyde Henry. In this selection of work on paper and canvas, Henry captures the energetic vitality of creatures large and small through a combination of vigorously dense mark and gentle detail. Sweeping together a wide range of cultural references – from Garfield to Henri Rousseau – Henry’s animals move fluidly between archetypal beast and rapidly scrawled comic, communicating something equal parts goofy and hauntingly elemental. With a distinctively gestural mark-making process that vibrates with a physical intensity, his work examines the mediation between movement and stillness, wildness and calm, manifesting through creatures both real and imaginary.

Clyde Henry (b. 1986) is a multidisciplinary artist from Yeadon, Pa. He makes work at Center for Creative Works, a studio for artists with developmental disabilities, in Wynnewood, Pa. Henry’s work has been exhibited at the Woodmere Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.), Outsider Art Fair (New York, N.Y.), ArtYard (Frenchtown, N.J.), Pressure Club (Philadelphia, Pa.), Spillway Collective (Philadelphia, Pa.), The Pingle Building (St. Louis, Mo.) and Fleisher/Ollman Gallery (Philadelphia, Pa.).