When it comes to art, painter Mark Henderson found that not everything can be learned or harnessed in a classroom.While studying art at the Ontario College of Art and Design in downtown Toronto, Canada, Mr Henderson said the first year “was made of things I had already done”.“The only class I excelled at was a second year course made available by an overbooking of a first,” he said.The artist dropped out of college and spent the next year researching, and asking Bermudian artists for their advice on how best to get his work out there.What he ultimately decided was to travel to Edinburgh, Scotland for a year to study and get inspired there.“Each day I spent three hours sketching in the wind, rain or snow, either on the canals or various parks around the city,” he said.The alternative approach worked — Mr Henderson is now gearing up to show some of his works at an exhibit in Homer’s Cafe at Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.He will be displaying seven pieces featuring fish, flowers and people from this Friday until August 8.The exhibit also includes one out of two prints for “Three Little Birds” — a piece referred to by art reviewer Charles Zuill, as “post modern impressionism”, meaning it has elements from all styles of art; ‘post modern’ and an experimental form, known as ‘impressionism’.He said his latest collection was inspired by the “twists and folds we see manifested into everyday objects and people”.“With the youthful vitality of the colours around us here in Bermuda, you can say that my palette is made through a polarised lens,” he explained.Robyn Hooper, of Masterworks, said his creativity and imagination were both evident through the artist’s work.“Mark has a distinctive style,” she told The Royal Gazette. “Through his interesting artwork we are able to see his unique perspective.“Mark has a lot of talent and potential [and] we are excited to see the finished product of this exhibition.”A portion of all sales at the exhibition will go to supporting Masterworks and will help fund future exhibitions with local artists and the museum’s educational programmes.Mrs Hooper encouraged people to come by and visit the collection and said: “Mark is definitely an artist for collectors to look out for as his style is distinctive and subjects are interesting.“Mark is also an exciting artist to work with and his creativity is contagious,” she added.Mr Henderson said he wasn’t interested in art, until meeting his seventh grade teacher. The two actually got off on “bad footing”, so the youngster threw himself into creating works with pastels.It was during that time, he also learned to start appreciating the nature and beauty all around us.He said he most loved the feeling an artist got when people compliment the work you create. “It’s a part of you and takes a beautiful brain to articulate such things,” he said.“The biggest challenge is making a piece just as you project it from your mind. I still haven’t been able to do that.”Mr Henderson said he wants people visiting the exhibit to take the time to slow down time or speed it up.Either way, he is hopeful that everyone who visits will have a definite opinion on the pieces, which he welcomes.“I hope people feel gracious to accept the nouns around them,” he added. “[I want people to learn] to appreciate the misunderstood, the abstract ideas and chaos, which without, would leave us in a boring predictable place, don’t you think?”Homer’s Café, located at Masterworks in the Botanical Gardens, has been used for local art exhibitions since December 2012. So far the gallery has hosted eight artists in the cafe, one for each month.