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He is originally from London, but now lives and works in the wild and inspiring Lake District, Cumbria. Paul wants his paintings to tease out more than the eye can see, to draw people in and invite them to experience – not just consume – an image.
Paul graduated from art school in 2001. A few years on, Bennett returned to his love of painting, and he now lives & works in the wild and inspiring Lake District area of Cumbria as a full-time painter.
With global representation, Bennett specialises in contemporary abstract seascape & landscape paintings.
Paul Bennett
Born in 1975 in Buckinghamshire, just on the outskirts of London, Paul Bennett is a contemporary painter known for his semi-abstract seascapes and landscapes. The three styles are very different, but all strive to generate a sense of intimacy and isolation while leaving the subject open to interpretation. Gallery, Taipei City, Taiwan
Debut Contemporary, Notting Hill, London, England, UK
“Hidden Portraits”, View Gallery, Bristol, England, UK
86 St.
James’s Street, Pall Mall, London, England, UK
2010
RAC Winter Show, Pall Mall, London, England, UK
Affordable Art Fair London, Battersea & Hampstead, England, UK
Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, England, UK
Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Tighnabruaich Gallery, Tighnabruaich, Scotland, UK
Zuma, Brighton, England, UK
“Bays and Beaches”, The Lighthouse Gallery, Cornwall, England, UK
Open Space Galleries, Cornwall, England, UK
Bristol Art Fair, Bristol, England, UK
Artspace 2010, Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
2009
Granger Gallery, Whitstable, England, UK
Chameleon Gallery, Brighton, England, UK
Lauderdale House, Archway, London, England, UK
“Human” at The Art Lounge, The Mailbox, Birmingham, England, UK
2008
New Blood Art, Chiswick, London, England, UK
Diesel House, Kew, London, England, UK
Scotland and the southwest of England continue to offer him further inspiration, both accessible and rich in visual atmosphere.
After graduating in 2001 with a BA Honours in Fine Art Painting, Bennett began working in graphic design, primarily within the finance sector in London’s City district near St.
Paul’s and Moorgate. His paintings are represented by galleries that also sell the works of Picasso, Hirst, Rothko, Matisse, Newman and Warhol, as well as many other revered artists.
Paul Bennett
Born in 1975 in Buckinghamshire, just on the outskirts of London, Paul Bennett is a contemporary painter known for his semi-abstract seascapes and landscapes. The three styles are very different, but all strive to generate a sense of intimacy and isolation while leaving the subject open to interpretation. Gallery, Taipei City, Taiwan
Debut Contemporary, Notting Hill, London, England, UK
“Hidden Portraits”, View Gallery, Bristol, England, UK
86 St.
James’s Street, Pall Mall, London, England, UK
2010
RAC Winter Show, Pall Mall, London, England, UK
Affordable Art Fair London, Battersea & Hampstead, England, UK
Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, England, UK
Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Tighnabruaich Gallery, Tighnabruaich, Scotland, UK
Zuma, Brighton, England, UK
“Bays and Beaches”, The Lighthouse Gallery, Cornwall, England, UK
Open Space Galleries, Cornwall, England, UK
Bristol Art Fair, Bristol, England, UK
Artspace 2010, Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
2009
Granger Gallery, Whitstable, England, UK
Chameleon Gallery, Brighton, England, UK
Lauderdale House, Archway, London, England, UK
“Human” at The Art Lounge, The Mailbox, Birmingham, England, UK
2008
New Blood Art, Chiswick, London, England, UK
Diesel House, Kew, London, England, UK
Gallery
UK artist Paul Bennett was born in 1975, in Buckinghamshire, on the outskirts of London.
After graduating from art college with a BA Honours in Fine Art Painting in 2001, Bennett began establishing for himself a successful career in graphic design, living and working in London.
The portraiture has a different angle and the aim is to reinvent the mass produced and give it a more visceral interpretation. His work generates a sense of intimacy and isolation while leaving the subject open to interpretation. This is accomplished by using rich textures, multiple layers and mark making. Now based in the Lake District National Park, he spends his days in the studio and, whenever possible, explores the lakes, mountains, and coastlines of northwest England.
The seascape and landscapes paintings are created from memory, rather than referring to photography, resulting in more abstracted and expressive pieces rather than realistic representation. Paul's paintings are represented by galleries that also sell the works of Picasso, Hirst, Rothko, Matisse, Newman and Warhol; as well as many other revered artists.
Paul Bennett
Exhibitions
Select Exhibitions
2018
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
Seascapes, Gallery Different, London, UK
The Light and Darkness
September– Padstow Gallery, Cornwall, U.K.
October – Gallery Different, London, U.K.
November – Gormleys, Belfast, U.K.
September – Arkley Fine Art, Hitchin, U.K.
October– International Art Acquisitions, New York State, U.S.
Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, UK
2017
Portrait Exhibition, Degree Art, London, UK
Sackville Street, Degree Art, London, UK
Seascape Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
Tower 42, Modern Art Buyer, London, UK
2016
Abstract, Scotland Art Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Two Perspectives, Comme Ca Art, Manchester, UK
Corte Real Gallery, Algarve, Portugal
Jarfo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2015
Cloud Gallery, Joint show, Chester, UK
La Galerie 1940, Edinburgh, Scotland
Athol Gallery, Dunkeld, Scotland
The Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London and Woodcote, Surrey, UK
Winter Show, Gallery Different, London, UK
2014
The Royal Automobile Club,Pall Mall, London, UK
The Brewery, Kendal Cumbria
Point of View, Gallery Different, London, UK
At The Creggans, Tighnabruaich Gallery, Scotland
Paint, Gallery123, Lancaster, UK
Lowry Hotel, Comme Ca Art, Manchester, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
Winter Show, Gallery Different, London
Comme Ca Art, Lowry Hotel, Manchester
2013
Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
Galerie “In de oude school”, Stroe, Netherlands
Affordable Art Fair London, Battersea & Hampstead, England UK
Scotland Art, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Off the Wall Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, UK
View Gallery, Bristol, England UK
Comme Ca Art, Manchester, England UK
Du Wang Centre, Shenzhen, China
Claremont Gallery, Sevenoaks, England, UK
Oxford Art Fair, Oxford, England, UK
Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK
Affordable Art Fair Bristol, Bristol, England, UK
Green Door, Lake District, England, UK
Corke Gallery, Liverpool, England, UK
2012
Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England, UK
Gullane Gallery, Gullane, Scotland, UK
Affordable Art Fair London, Battersea & Hampstead, England, UK
Off The Wall Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK
Harvey Nichols, Manchester, England, UK
Courtyard Gallery, Bristol, England, UK
Gallery Q, Dundee, Scotland, UK
Art at Five, Brighton, England, UK
Affordable Art Fair Bristol, Bristol, England, UK
View Gallery, Bristol, England, UK
Corke Gallery, Liverpool, England, UK
Weston Park, The Granary Gallery, Shropshire, England, UK
2011
“Gifted”, Marburae Gallery, Cheshire, England, UK
VZ Gallery, London, England, UK
Edinburgh Art Fair, The Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Affordable Art Fair London, Battersea & Hampstead, England, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Singapore
Tighnabrauaich Gallery, Tighnabruaich, Scotland, UK
Manchester Art Fair, Quay House, Manchester, England, UK
The Architects Gallery, Middlesex, England, UK
The Lighthouse Gallery, Cornwall, England, UK
“Coast to Coast”, The Wey Gallery, Surrey, England, UK
“Uninvisable”, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England, UK
“Desire” at The Portman Gallery, Chelsea Town Hall, London, England, UK
Chelsea Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London, England, UK
F.A.
The intention is to create from memory, and to produce a finished work that is abstracted and more expressional than representational.
With the advance and rise of digital imagery, It has been Bennett's aim to create work that is most definitely painted; accomplished by using rich textures, multiple layers, poured paint, and brush/palette knife marks. Occasionally Bennett will refer to photography as a starting point, and as a way to engage with the surface and begin the initial mark making process, after this point it is all an abstract interpretation of the memories he has and places he has experienced.
This becomes a way of escaping the everyday mass-produced visuals that we are constantly exposed to, and alters the way in which we are so used to digesting and assimilating our visual world.
All the paintings for sale are original art created using oil paint.
Found in private and public collections worldwide, Paul’s main aim is to create work that is most definitely painted; an antidote to mass produced visuals, which are consumed, almost subconsciously, in our everyday. After years behind a desk, he returned to his roots in painting and found a studio attached to an old steam museum in Kew Bridge, a place that reignited his passion for art.
Following a series of successful exhibitions and collaborations with galleries, he transitioned to a full-time career as a professional fine artist.
Initially focused on portraiture, his work gradually evolved into exploring a more expressive, abstracted sense of place through landscape and seascape.
Now living with his wife and two children in the Lake District, Bennett continues to develop a distinctive body of work that bridges abstraction and observation, inspired by the shifting moods and natural drama of the British landscape.
Paul Bennett
1975
London, UK
With global representation, fine artist, Paul Bennett specializes in original landscape and seascape paintings, abstract paintings and also contemporary portraiture paintings.
His approach is to record and comment on things that are more than visually apparent, whilst teasing out more than the eye can see, to draw people in and invite them to experience - not just consume - an image.
His works can be found in public and private collections worldwide.
His works can be found in public and private collections worldwide.