Emerging Spring
Photography by Steve Dunwell
and Henry Domke
Design by L’Attitude Art

After 20 years as a family practice physician, Henry Domke began studying fine art in a graduate program at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Much of his art is based on the native plants and animals that he finds exploring his backyard, in central Missouri.

“The very best part of my job is hearing stories from patients who’ve seen one of my pictures in a hospital or doctor’s office and have been moved by it. There was the gentleman who was sure I photographed his grandparents’ farm, where he used to spend his childhood summers. And the woman who would come to the hospital early for radiation treatment, just so she could meditate on one of my pictures before her procedure. That’s why, after a fulfilling career as a doctor, I continue to work, to create, and I hope, to heal.”