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Making Art is All About the 4 year-old.

Posted in "But Is It Art?", Art, art on paper, Drawing, gesture, mixed media, technique, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags abstract, accident, Art, Drawing, ink, mixed media, pencil, sloppy, Tom Bennett on June 30, 2011 by Tom Bennett

I’m tired and when I’m tired I throw stuff down on paper and slop it around, pretending that my subconscious has something to do with the chaotic garbage that is left.

But is it art?

Humans are full of sh*t , huh?

PIG, mixed media on paper, 11″ x 7″

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Extemporaneous Nudes

Posted in Art, art on paper, Drawing, figurative, gesture, mixed media, nude, technique, Tom Bennett, work on paper with tags Art, color, Drawing, figure, ink, nude, paper, pencil, Tom Bennett on February 25, 2010 by Tom Bennett

I have a number of different sets of work going on with various mediums and treatments. Sometimes its based on what I have available to me in materials and space. Lately I’ve been spending my days in a tight space in Manhattan doing illustration and when I have spare time I’ve been working on these little improvised sketches using pencil, graphite, benzyl-alcohol based inks, india ink and sometimes a little water. I allow the materials to react and keep the editing to a tight minimum. These are often more fun and exciting than a fully “realized” finished painting. And it’s my nature to luxuriate in fun and excitement. I guess thats also why I love fleshy female form. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.