By Julie Osterman
A complex heat-based process, patina painting consists of applying patinas to a thin bronze plate to create images much like a traditional painter would depict on canvas. Bennett, who became a patineur at a foundry soon after graduating from high school, began experimenting with the medium and seeking feedback from the artists whose bronzes he worked on, including Grant Speed, L’Deane Trueblood, and Lincoln Fox. He knew he was on the right track when he won two first-place awards at the 1999 Spring Salon show at the Springville Museum of Art in Utah.
Many of his works depict trees, such as in time out, which, he says, reflects the stress he was feeling in his life at the time it was created. “It’s like parents putting a kid in timeout,” he explains. “We all need a timeout sometimes.” Bennett is represented by Meyer-Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
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