Someday You'll Long for This, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 inches
Amy Bennett was born in Portland, Maine in 1977 and currently lives in Brooklyn NYC. Her work has a signature style to it that cuts through the art world clutter with ease. Her paintings are rendered from scale models that she builds from clay, resin and other materials. The final effect is wonderfully disruptive, surreal and sculptural. I highly recommend you stop by her website to take in more of her work, just plan to spend some time because you will get sucked in. Below are a couple more examples of her amazing paintings and some past gallery info.
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Taking Arms, oil on panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2008
Search Party, oil on panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2008
Information on Amy Bennett’s exhibitions (taken from her site):
The first group of the lakefront series, “At the Lake” was exhibited in January 2009 at Richard Heller Gallery in LA. The final pieces will be shown in November 2009 at Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo. Other exhibitions have included “Neighbors” (Richard Heller Gallery, LA, 2007), “Buried” (Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden 2007), and “Size Matters: XS” (Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY 2007).
