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Pheromone 2013: Revisiting a Painting

Posted in abstract, abstract expressionism, Art, design, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, gesture, nude, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett, Toni Tiller with tags abstract, abstract figure, abstract figure painting, Art, expressionist figure painting, expressionist nude, figure, nude, oil painting, Painting, pheromones, Tom Bennett, Toni Tiller on February 7, 2013 by Tom Bennett

This is a painting that has gone through a few variations over the past 8 months. I posted the first stage of it here : http://darteboard.com/2012/05/10/bskip-big-sketch-in-progress/ last May. I had a conversation with our own Toni Tiller about it and she exhibited once again her insight with a suggestion concerning the editing of an unresolved area of this abstracted design. The painting successfully translated form, color, value through rhythm and movement but became confused and clunky in the ‘head’ area. I repainted that territory and pulled it into a more tangible architecture. Its done, finally.

Pheromone 2013, 2013, oil on canvas, 38 x 62″

Old Crotchety Carracci

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, male nude, monotype, narrative art, nude, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, caracci, Drawing, expressionist nude, figure, male figure, male nude, monotype, nude, paper, printmaking, self-portrait, Tom Bennett, uffizi on January 31, 2013 by Tom Bennett

Here’s an old monotype from the archives.

I once spent a week in the Uffizi drawing room collection when one could be issued a special permit to examine original old master drawings by hand (wearing special cotton gloves, of course)–literally holding the ancient drawings on paper in your hands! Needless to say, that special provision is history. Carracci impressed me with his beautifully facile line and form. I came away with a man crush on the old italian.

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Inaugural

Posted in abstract, Art, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist figure, expressionist nude, figure, mixed media, monotype, monotype printmaking, nude, oil on paper, oil painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett on January 24, 2013 by Tom Bennett

Inaugural, monotype with oil paint overlay on paper, 28″ x 18″

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Montego

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, nude, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist figure painting, expressionist nude, figure, nude, oil on paper, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett on January 8, 2013 by Tom Bennett

A bit prosaic. Oil on paper, 22″ x 16″

New York is Tough

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, landscape, monotype, news, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist nude, hurricane sandy, landscape, monotype, news, NYC, Photography, printmaking, storm, Tom Bennett on November 1, 2012 by Tom Bennett

I’ve lived in NY city for a long time and have experienced this city through many crisis both natural and man-made. It may sound like a cliche but I have found it absolutely true: NYers are best when circumstances are worst. Hurricane Sandy, the most destructively powerful natural disaster in recorded city history slammed the the northeast causing devastation through the boroughs, not to mention the whole tri-state area. Fear and destruction played out through the last several days but individuals steel through it.

Below is a photo I took several blocks from my house in Brooklyn, as the storm was slowly heading towards us.

Below is a monotype I made later that night, as the city was flooding and i was fortunate enough to have electricity and a dry house.

Breach stage 1

Breach 1, stage 1, monotype, 16″ x 20″

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Naked Head.

Posted in Art with tags Art, expressionist nude, mixed media, monotype, oil painting, oil painting self portrait, Painting, paper, portrait, printmaking, Tom Bennett on October 11, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Another in a series of self portraits

oil over monotype on paper, 20″ x 16″

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Indomniac

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, technique, Tom Bennett, Toni Tiller, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist figure painting, expressionist nude, figure, homage, martyrdom, mixed media, monotype, oil painting, sub dom, Tom Bennett, Toni Tiller, Valentin de Boulogne on September 20, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Took a monotype I made a few years ago of an homage to Valentin de Boulogne’s Martyrdom of St Bartholomew and painted back into it. It went from an old man being crucified to a young woman who may have just done some crucifying herself. I was inspired by a photograph of Toni.

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The original monotype I found a little clumsy.

The reworked image.

Dominant at Rest, oil over monotype on paper, 16″ x 20″

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App Dance

Posted in Art, digital, expressionist, figurative, nude, Tom Bennett with tags Art, digital art, digital painting, expressionist nude, figure, nude, photoshop, Tom Bennett on August 30, 2012 by Tom Bennett

I’ve been away from traditional media for the past couple of weeks and have been tied to a mac using Photoshop for ‘applied’ purposes. This is an experiment with layers and brushes of varying modes.

TB

Fear is the Mother of Behavior, PS

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Mixed Media painting on paper: Sunset Boulevard 2

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

Sorry for the really shitty photograph.

My father, when I was about 10, once looked down at me and said, “Don’t do what I do, just paint.”

I apparently didn’t learn. Bills to pay , crushing work, hence all I have is this.

Gloria Swanson is grimacing in my sub conscious.

Sunset Boulevard 2, oil, crayon & oil stick over monotype on paper.

Monopoly, Monogamy, Monotony, Monotypes

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionism, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, expressionist figure, expressionist nude, figure, gloria swanson, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, paint, Painting, paper, printmaking, representational, sunset boulevard, Tom Bennett on August 2, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Some small painted monotypes for an upcoming show in Massachussets and a naked monotype which came out looking like Gloria Swanson with big boobs.

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Beauty 2, monotype with oil overpainting, image 8″ x 6″

Beauty, monotype with oil overpainting, image 8′ x 6″

Sunset Boulevard, monotype on Rives BFK, 12″ x 9″

Small Monotype as Underpainting

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, Work in Progress, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist nude, figure, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, old woman nude, Painting, paper, printmaking, Tom Bennett, underpainting on July 26, 2012 by Tom Bennett

This I’m going to paint into.

TB

Age, monotype, 8″ x 6″

Exit Stage Left

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, gesture, mixed media, nude, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist figure painting, expressionist nude, figure, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, oilover monotype, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett on July 12, 2012 by Tom Bennett

1st Stage of a painting on monotype.

exitstage1-1

Tom Bennett, Exit Stage 1, work in progress, oil & oil based printmaking inks on Rives BFK,

9″ x 12″

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Heat Wave

Posted in Art, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, nude, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett with tags abstract, Art, expressionist figure painting, expressionist nude, figure, heat wave, nude, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett on July 5, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Let’s see what I can blather on about in this post. Ahh, no, it’s too hot & I’m lazy.

Tom Bennett

oil , mixed media on cradled board. 20′ x 16″

Prone to Realize

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist figure, expressionist nude, figure, mixed media, monotype, oil on paper, oil painting, Painting, paper, printmaking, prone figure, Tom Bennett on June 7, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Painting on paper. Monotyped ink as the foundation. As I worked on this I realized it resembled someone specifically, but it was unconscious on my part. The reference image was pieced together from several sources. In other words, I didn’t consciously set out to paint this friend of mine. But this woman ends up as a proxy in so many of my paintings.

Prone, oil on monotype underpainting on paper, 16″ x 20″

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The Final Pheromone

Posted in abstract, abstract expressionism, Art, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, nude, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett with tags abstract, Art, expressionist figure, expressionist nude, figure, nude, oil painting, Painting, pheromones, Tom Bennett on May 17, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Last week I posted a WIP and this week I post the finish, which isn’t much different. I made a few tweaks here and there; I took a more accurate photo. Tell me what you think.

Pheromoning, oil on canvas, 36″ x 62″

Pheromoning

Posted in abstract, Art, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, nude, oil painting, Tom Bennett, Work in Progress with tags abstract, Art, expressionist, expressionist nude, figure, nude, oil on canvas, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett on May 10, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Nothing finished right now, so here’s a working experiment on canvas. oil on linen, 36″ x 62″. It’s about finding the right rhythms with this.

Titanic

Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, expressionism, expressionist, figurative, monotype, nude, oil painting, printmaking, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, expressionist nude, figure, heavy nude, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, printmaking, Tom Bennett on May 3, 2012 by Tom Bennett

small painting on paper.

In the Hold, oil painting into monotype, 20′ x 16″

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Unfollow

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

The title is a reference to the non-committal online connections that pass for friendship bonds today. The whole concept is silly and sad. That said, please don’t un-follow me or I’ll cut my ear off.
With the paint into monotype I’m continuing to explore a guarded, nuanced and neutral palette with some higher hues thrown in. Here the cool grays got too blue and of course the yellow blares out a bit. The figure may have pronounced itself rather more than was intended, but I’m ok with it.

Unfollow, 2008-2012, oil into monotype on paper, 18″ x 12″

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Basketball and Sex

Posted in Art, expressionist, figurative, mixed media, monotype, nude, oil painting, Painting, Tom Bennett, Work in Progress, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, basketball, expressionist nude, figure, jeremy lin, monotype, new york knicks, nude, oil painting, Painting, paper, printmaking, Tom Bennett, wip on April 19, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Jeremy Lin is the the cinderella story of the NBA this season. He was a no-one who came out of Harvard and was on the bench for the New York Knicks when he was chosen to come on the court where he went on an electric run to rejuvenate the team. I had made a couple of monotypes dedicated to him but both were unsuccessful, poorly formulated attempts. Here I took one of these flat prints and I’ve begun the process of reforming a composition with a slightly sexualized nude, utilizing bits and pieces of the underlying marks and forms. It is only fitting, I think, to honor this injured basketball player, who has had surgery on his leg and will be out the rest of the season. Baseball and sex are the usual analogies, but I’m throwing up a three pointer and lets see if it misses. This is a work in progress.

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Lonely Girl, First Stage

Posted in Art, art on paper, expressionist, figurative, monotype, nude, printmaking, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, expressionist figure, expressionist nude, figure, lonely, monotype, nude, paper, printmaking, Tom Bennett on April 12, 2012 by Tom Bennett

Ugh, been working nonstop for the man. The marketing man who thinks what he does is art, is rock & roll. It ain’t. I squeezed out a monotype the other night and I’ll be slathering paint onto the this soon. Keep you up dated.

Lonely Girl, monotype on rives BFK, 16″ x 20″

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