Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.

He became an influential figure in the Santa Fe art scene and persuaded the director of the state art museum to adopt an open-door policy. The couple spent the next two years on an extended honeymoon in France during which time Henri prepared canvases to submit to the Salon. which he modeled after the Salon des Indépendants in France.

He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art.