Rick Bennett
His first paintings showed some promise in subject matter, but he wrestled with watercolor. With dogged determination he turned out more bad paintings than good. His neighbor, Sarah, would frequently observe that he sure was prolific. Rick’s philosophy is that if you can’t use finesse then try persistence. While painting abstracts something clicked. Freed from worrying about painting an object he
01/16/2023
03/15/2021
Minnesott Beach is all about texture. The 2nd photo is a close up. Water is the boss!
01/22/2021
Because of slow business at my day job I am only working a 4 day week. So I have more time for art! I had a lot of short pieces of reclaimed wood of various types. So I started making the largest frames I could. Most are between 5 x 7 and 4 x 4. I paint a watercolor that goes with the frame. I think half the reason I paint is so I can build frames. I sanded down a piece of driftwood that showed pinks and grays. I cut it down to size and the third photo is the frame it made. The board in side is not a finished painting. I will mount a painting on it. The sailboat is a 1" square painting. I like that the frame choice throws a random factor into choosing a subject to paint and the colors to choose.
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