Myles Bennett

Education
2000 Painting Workshop at Rhode Island School of Design
2001-2006 Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis on print making and painting, Bachelor of Architecture

"I've always been interested in the first mark, the first gesture that initiates a peice. Each surface has inherent properties that interferes and influences how marks will read and, by combining ground conditions with gesture, I leave contour and tactilities that begin each painting. As a graduate in architecture, my interest in construction and materiality has had a major influence in my paintings, from the methods of applying material, to the tool that applies it, to the structures of the surface. Placing focus on the direction of grain, the layers of the paper; bring to the foreground a fabric that folds, pleats, and bunches. Whether this process induces figuration or a field of textures, the goal is to create a tactility that reflects an associational reading which sets up a relationship between the structure, the hand, and the image."

"Judy"

39" x 39"

Ink, Acrylic, and Graphite on Canvas