ben fenton is a resident artist at 'the school' creative centre in rye, east sussex. his life long fascination with portraiture, figurative painting and the human form in all media has been equalled by the stark and bleakly beautiful landscape of his native romney marsh since returning from london in 2008. his home town of dungeness, a shingle peninsula jutting in to the channel on the south east coast of kent and his new home of rye, lying on the edge of the marshes, along with the coastline in between, and all its stories of ghosts, ghouls, wrecks and watery graves inspire his new paintings, installations and photography. his portraiture tries to combine elements of this along with glimpses, snapshots and essences of the characters that inhabit 'the 5th continent'. "the world, according to the best geographers, is divided into europe, asia, africa, america and romney marsh." - the ingoldsby legends, 1840.
"Ben Fenton's paintings can be found in private collections all over Europe. He paints stunning, vibrant and intimate portraits, taking details from photographs that capture a lost moment, and encapsulates the true character of the subject."
"Artist Ben Fenton, originally from Dungeness, has forged out a successful career in London for more than 12 years, but wanted to return to the Romney Marsh to get away from the distractions of living in the capital and seek new inspiration and challenges for his work. 'The School provides me with enough space to develop multiple projects', he says 'and the creative environment and professional support has been fantastic.' Ben's stunning paintings can be found in private collections all over Europe, and at the Open Studios he will be showing his latest portraits and more experimental works."
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Size: 10.00" x 14.00"
Price: £350.00
