Artist Statement:
Everything I see is art source. Growth and decay, moss and metallic patinas call me to play. I prefer original and organic resource to any paint pigmented to represent a color. In this way I co-create with nature. When separation dissolves between life and art, so does any distinction between work and play. Creation is a dancer, and while I’m at play I am its dance.
Artist Bio:
Benjamin M Bartlett is an American artist born June 30th 1979. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky in 2005. Finding relations between figurative artwork and bodywork, Benjamin acquired a massage therapy degree from the Lexington Healing Arts Academy in 2007. He specialises in commissioned bronze sculpture for public and corporate clients such as Jim Beam, Hospice and private collectors. Benjamin currently creates realistic and functional sculpture, paints murals and portraits, administers bodywork and raises his son, Kensho, in Lexington, KY.