The figure in a dance of distortion. ink and graphite with gouache on paper. 11″ x 8.5″
Archive for gesture
Pole Dance
Posted in Art, art on paper, Drawing, figurative, gesture, mixed media, nude, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, art on paper, Drawing, gesture, mixed media, nude, Tom Bennett on December 9, 2010 by Tom BennettGrind
Posted in abstract, Art, art on paper, Drawing, gesture, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, Art, Drawing, figure, gesture, life drawing, subway, Tom Bennett on July 7, 2010 by Tom BennettDue to the grind of a daily schedule, I haven’t been able to create new work over the last couple of weeks outside of sketchbook drawing. These folks feel the grind as well.
A Return to the Subway
Posted in Art, art on paper, Drawing, figurative, gesture, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, Drawing, figure, gesture, ink on paper, NYC, paper, sketch, subway, Tom Bennett on June 24, 2010 by Tom BennettBack on the underground trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Ah, the scent of garbage and urine baking in the heat. Thank god there’s air conditioning in 95% of the cars. All ink on paper, 9″ x 6″.
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Lucky
Posted in Art, art on paper, Drawing, figurative, gesture, geture drawing, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, Drawing, gesture, ink, life drawing, subconscious, subway, Tom Bennett on March 4, 2010 by Tom BennettI sometimes wonder what place my semi-dispassionate nature and the circumstances of my life have in the creation of my art. I had been lucky enough to have been born into a stable family with loads of support and, outside of the average run-of-the mill crisis, I haven’t spent a lot of time in an emotionally perilous state. No such stridently awful moments in adolescence that would see me trying to purge my demons as an adult, and so my psychological state has been in balance. How does this play out in my art-making? I do know that there is a lot of subconscious murk buried deep inside, I just don’t spend enough time consciously examining it; I make paintings instead. I’m thinking about this because I’ve known so my artists in my life who have struggled with psychological or emotional pain – real, imagined and self-inflicted, and I ask myself how this informs the art. Does it make that art more emotionally and intellectually valid than mine?
Oh christ, I apologize if this commentary is coming off a bit adolescent. Hey, I’m 10.
Oooookay… anyhoo, posted here are some drawings from the subway and one drawing I pulled out of my a– eh, my subconscious.
Subway, 3/01/10-A, pen and ink and benzyl
Subway, 3/02/10-A, pen and ink and benzl
Subway, 3/02/10-B, pen and ink, benzyl ink
Subconscious Image of a Figure, pencil, india ink, benzyl ink
Gestural Sketches With Leftover Paint
Posted in Art, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Drawing, gesture, leftover, paint, Painting, sketch, sketching, steph gerolimatos, stephg on June 27, 2009 by ssstephg
17 x 11 1/2″ sketch
acrylic, oil and dry pastel on all rag board
A while back, I included some sketches in a post which some of you seemed to appreciate seeing. Since I tend to accumulate these quick little works, I thought I’d post a few more today. So here’s another look at some of the stuff that hangs out in the background of my studio.
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Drawing with Harry, another day
Posted in Art, Drawing, geture drawing, Tom Bennett with tags Art, Drawing, gesture, harry bennett, Illustration, Painting, paper, Tom Bennett on June 18, 2009 by Tom BennettI spent several days in Maryland with my parents and the hope of convincing my father to paint, but that proved more challenging than I thought. I did entice him to draw with me however. My mother, Margaret joined in as well and it was a lovely day on the deck in the woods. Here are some of Harry’s always bracing drawings.
Mark-making on the Metro
Posted in Art, art on paper, figurative, geture drawing, Painting, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, Drawing, figure, gesture, sketch, subway, Tom Bennett on April 9, 2009 by Tom BennettMore gesture drawings on the late train to Brooklyn.
ink on paper.
Drawing with Harry
Posted in Art, art on paper, Drawing, geture drawing, portrait, Tom Bennett with tags Art, blind drawing, Drawing, figure, gesture, harry bennett, paper, portrait, Tom Bennett on January 21, 2009 by Tom BennettMy father, Harry Bennett, has been an illustrator and a painter all his life. Over the last year and half he has experienced some physical, neurological and life-style upheavals and he had stopped painting or even drawing. I have been spending more time with him in the last few months and I am trying to coax him back to drawing on a more regular basis. The other day we spent some time doing gesture drawings and blind contours of each other. He was so energized and he loved it.
These are some of his drawings of me. ink on paper:
And a couple of mine:
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darteboard
galinatodorova
Jason Gray
jdhastings
laelia e. mitchell
probrucer
ssstephg
Toni Tiller
