KAREN BENTON

I paint with mixed media to produce a range of exciting artistic compositions using warm rich colours.

My abstract work is continually evolving. Spontaneous yet disciplined, I apply layer upon layer of paint, scraping back, scratching and scarring the surface.

Influences are as diverse as urban scrawls, landscape markings and oriental motifs stemming from having lived, worked and travelled through the Australian outback, Egypt, Morocco and southern Africa.

My work impresses with its colour, balance and texture and has been described as “visually exciting” and “sophisticated and conceptually deep.”

Henri Matisse “ I don’t believe that an artist has ever ‘arrived’.

When an artist develops, he evolves all the way to the end.” 1929

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

March 2004 Group Exhibition, Global Galleries, Paddington,

NSW 2004 Award Winners Exhibition, Spectrum Gallery, Sydney

2003 Spectrum Gallery, Sydney

2000 Spectrum Gallery, Sydney AWARDS

2003 Award of Excellence - Visual Arts, School of Colour and Design

2000 Fred Hosking Design Award

EXPERIENCE

1997 – 2004 Artistic Director, Australian Leisure Media Pty Ltd