Ashlie Benton Fine Artist in Santa Rosa California
Working from an intuitive and emotional space, Ashlie Benton explores the nature of the human experience.
In this untitled piece, a delicate representation of hands, their impressions and intricate arm cuffs bring to mind the sacred beauty of time, experience and universality.
Benton’s work is both emotionally mysterious and physically seductive. Her rich, handsome compositions employ a wide range of materials: oil paint, oil stick, acrylic, gold leaf, graphite, thread. The scattered, often fragmented nature of the images paired with the deliberate naïveté of Benton's drawing style has produced an oeuvre of apparent innocence, even vulnerability. The unpretentious nature of her work belies impressive professional sophistication