January 2013 Blog Posts (3)

BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREA BENETTI

Andrea Benetti, born in Bologna in 1964, has been expressing his pictorial talents for many years to the favor of both critics and the general public of the…

I have been painting for many years; I have gone through lots of phases, starting with oils, going through watercolor, mixed media, collage, acrylic and oil pastel.  Although never painting with great detail, I always like to be able to see some object in the work; and I painted in what I considered an impressionistic style.  During these years, I was able to win awards in local and regional juried shows and was accepted into a few national shows. I also have had success with selling and…

Artists statement.

To build a bridge between different worlds of expression, to span the abyss between the diversity of human minds, to reach out for the sublime, that is my challenge.

Therefore I have to maneuver in a battlefield between old techniques and the new expressions of our time. That means to work in two directions all the time, one way from the old masters of the 19^th century especially the drawing skills of the so called Copenhagen school with a…