Finding Beauty In The World
Tina Bennet is an artist and photographer based in Geelong, Australia
Art
Tina uses a number of different subject matter and loves to experiment and challenge herself with a range of different applications and styles. Still Life is the area she is always drawn back to. She loves grouping objects to create a story and a snap shot of a point in time. The use of both acrylic and oils provides a range of different effects with the richness of oils being her current focus.
Time to Eat - Acrylic on canvas
Skull Series - ‘Skull out of the blue’ - Oil on paper 30 x 42 cm
Pomegranates Over Time - Acrylic on Board 41cm x 41 cm - Sold
Skull Series - Skull Over Time - Oil on paper 41cm x 30cm
Skull Series - ‘Skull in. the box’ - Oil on paper 30 x 42 cm
Time to relax - Acrylic on Board 30 cm x 30 cm - Sold
Life Drawing
Art Practice - It’s all about practice
Following are a series of work practicing techniques, colour, drawing, brush strokes, light, contrast
Photography
Tina works with both an iPhone and digital camera in her photography, with a focus on a range of different genres. Like her painting, the use of still life as a genre provides the perfect platform to present images that express the beauty and joy in the world around her.
Delicate Hellebores - 49cm x 38cm
Bunny Tails - 38cm x 49cm
Pomegranates Over Time - 49cm x 38cm
Everlasting - 38cm x 49cm
Sublime - 49cm x 38cm
As Light as a Feather
Black and white photography
“Where have all the people gone?” - Galli Sri Lanka 2022
‘Shooting the breeze’ - Melbourne city GPO 2022
‘The Shoe man of Sri Lanka’ - Sri Lanka 2022
‘Grandpa’s safe hands’ - Gellibrand 2023
‘What big teeth you have’ - Geelong 2023
Marty’s Selection
A client requested a series of images that highlighted the beauty of Geelong and surrounding areas. The photos selected by the client for display in his home are featured below.
Geelong Botanical Gardens
