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WIP

Posted in abstract, Art, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, Work in Progress, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, expressionist nude, figure, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, paper, printmaking, Tom Bennett, wip, Work in Progress on February 23, 2012 by Tom Bennett

This is a bad photo of a work in progress. I’m going south for a couple of days.

Tom Bennett

WIP

WIP, oil into monotype on paper, 18″ x 24″

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Nod to Basch

Posted in Art, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist nude, figure, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil on paper, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett on February 16, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Here I’m publishing the 1st stage – an original monotype – and the finished overlaid painting. Looking at the two images now I can see what choices I would make differently. The energy of the 1st state has been redirected distinctly.

I’m working on some monotypes dedicated to Jeremy Lin, the phenom of the NY Knicks. I hope to post the results later.

Tom Bennett

Nod to Basch, 1st stage, monotype, 18″ x 28″

Nod to Basch, oil over monotype on paper, 18″ x 28″

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They Might be Giants

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, gesture, monotype, narrative art, Painting, printmaking, technique, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, expressionism, figure, giants, james ensor, monotype, Painting, paper, printmaking, Tom Bennett on February 9, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Unless you’ve been having a pedicure under a rock the last few days, you’ll know the football NY Giants beat the NE Patriots to win the superbowl for the 2nd time in 4 years. Without going into an analysis of the season and the game itself and bore most of you, I’ll just say, as a New Yorker, this team is cardiac-arrest-fun with its habit of coming back from the dead and pulling out a win at the last minute.

Mario Manningham came up with, arguably perhaps, the game-changing catch along the sideline. The play was expressionist in its execution.

Tom Bennett

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Manningham, monotype, 20′ x 16″

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The Fat and the Thin in the Corner

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, technique, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, expressionist nude, figure, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, paper, printmaking, Tom Bennett on February 2, 2012 by Tom Bennett

More paintings made from monotypes. These two pieces I finished a couple of days ago and I’m of two minds about them. The first, In the Corner, may be a tad too defined in the figure. I’m not sure I’m pushing the abstraction enough. The second painting I’m on the fence about as well. How’s that for mixed metaphor cliches?

Tom Bennett

In the Corner, oil over monotype on paper, 28″ x 20″

The Fat and the Thin, oil over monotype on paper, 20″ x 16″

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Hidden Defect and Lauren’s Underbelly

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, technique, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionist figure, expressionist nude, figure, mixed media, monotype, nude, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett on January 26, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Two more explorations in the current series. The one called Lauren’s Underbelly got its title from the happy little fact that the underpainting/monotype was a portrait of a pregnant woman. She apparently gave birth to this painting. It’s a girl!

Hidden Defect, oil into monotype on paper, 22′ x 16″

Lauren’s Underbelly, oil into monotype on paper, 18″ x 12″

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Ectoplasmic Monotype/Painting

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, technique, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, ectoplasm, expressionist nude, figure, kodak, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil over monotype, Painting, Photography, printmaking, Tom Bennett on January 19, 2012 by Tom Bennett

This piece has a photographic feel and Kodak is on its death bed. That’s a sad thought.

Ektachromoplasm, oil over monotype on paper, 20″ x 16″

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First Two Stages

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, Drawing, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, technique, Tom Bennett, Work in Progress, work on paper with tags Art, Drawing, expressionist figure, mixed media, monotype, oil on monotype, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, reworked print, Tom Bennett on January 5, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Photos of the first stages of the process I’m exploring with these current reworked monotypes-to-paintings.
The monotype is an ancient relic from the early 90′s. Drawing over the image and reintegrating the underlying forms with the new marks, I then bring in paint of varying viscosities with brush and knife. The recontextualization of form may be overtly reconsidered or more likely metamorphosizes ‘organically’ (for lack of better pompous phrasing). Here much of the original is obliterated yet structurally the new image is recognizably built on form that is now rendered abstract. I’m away from my studio this week and won’t be reworking this until I get back, so this current unresolved stage will have to ferment like a soft wheel of gouda, also known as my head.

stage2male-female.jpg stage 2

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Injected Meaning

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, expressionism, expressionist figure, expressionist nude, figure, monotype, nude, oil on monotype, oil on paper, Painting, paper, printmaking, Tom Bennett on December 29, 2011 by Tom Bennett

My apologies for the mediocre photo, I left my equipment in Baltimore over the Christmas holiday and was forced to use my iPhone.

Happy New Year. If you get wasted, hope its a good time.

Tom Bennett

Injected Meaning, monotype reintroduced with oil paint, on Rives BFK paper, 24″ x 18″

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Work in Progress: Konja

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, figure, monotype, nude, oil on paper, oil over monotype, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett on December 15, 2011 by Tom Bennett

A monotype currently being revisited. Something about this makes me think of, remember fondly, my experiences in Turkey. I can’t tell you why.

WIP: Konja, 2003-2011, oil paint over oil based monotype on paper, 24″ x 18″

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Cave from the Archives

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionist, monotype, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, art on paper, cave, monotype, monotype printmaking, paper, printmaking, Tom Bennett on December 8, 2011 by Tom Bennett

The last week and a half has been a blur of illness and commercial work. I have nothing new finished to post. So here’s an older monotype from the archives.