Our Roots
Pictured here is Bryce and Ruth McMasters who were just married after Bryce returned from serving in the Air Force during WWII. Soon thereafter, Bryce attended school to learn the painting trade. Back then, school was necessary to learn how to properly mix and make your own paint. I (Dan Hendrick) still have the test he took and textbooks he studied on how to mix paint etc. dated 1951 from the Delahanty Institute Brooklyn, NY.
Here Bryce can be seen painting a building on suspended scaffolding in New York City. He had his own company in New York until the mid 1970s when they moved to Angelton, Texas, 45 miles south of Houston to be closer to their daughter Elyse (my mother an artist painter). Bryce then became supervisor of painting at Dow Chemical.
Bryce’s daughter Elyse followed her father’s passion for painting, only she was inspired to express her’s in artistic form. Featured here are a few of her watercolor paintings.
Continuing the Tradition
Pictured here is myself, Dan Hendrick, along with my wife Ruth and son Jackson. I was born and raised in Lake Jackson, Texas. This was 15 miles from Angelton where my grandparents lived. I graduated from Brazoswood High School and Brazosport College. I moved to the San Antonio area in 1998 just before I married Ruth in 1999. Hendrick Painting was started in June of 1999. I am happy to carry on my grandfathers trade and my mother’s passion to create.