Patricia Benitez -

Artist Statement

Patricia Benitez is an East Coast based fine artist, specializing in painting and drawing. Her work is a never-ending attempt to realize the perfection of the human form and keep true to the traditional principles of art, all the while superimposing her own dark and unmistakable otherworldly aesthetic. Her inspirations come from a wide range of areas, such as the work of the Great Masters of the past, anthropomorphism, and the gradual synthetic progression into the future. The convergence of natural and chimerical elements create a phantasmagoric essence to her painstakingly detailed work , pulling the viewer into another world which serves as a diversion from an everyday reality.

Blindness Series (2007 - present)

The concept of the “Blindness series” is bleak optical mystery, inspired by varying levels of blindness - drawing from other sensory cues to create a dark and haunting atmosphere for the viewer to set drift upon. The various undulating obstacles create levels of distress and confusion in addition to the blurring of lost sight. This in effect leaves the subject vulnerable and anxious, while the other senses are heightened in anticipation. Since art is such a visually driven force, lessening the clarity of the subject matter places the viewer in a position similar to the subject matter itself, immersing them into the vulnerable, isolated, and confusing atmosphere of the pieces.

Metamorphosis Series (2006)

"The process of human metamorphosis causes the subject a great deal of emotional and mental turmoil and pain. It causes the subject to re-evaluate everything that they once believed as true, their values, thoughts, beliefs, desires and views, and literally reshape themselves into a new being.” In the “Metamorphosis” series, the human form acts as the visual catalyst for representing these transformations within cocoons, eggs, pods, hosts, and wombs.

The book detailing the development, evolution and progression of this series can be downloaded in PDF format for free, or purchased in a softcover, full color, and perfect bound copy here.

Aurora Borealis Mini Land/Skyscape Series (2005 - 2006)

Her Aurora Borealis Mini Land/Skyscape painting series consist of twelve 4” x 6” pieces, depicting realistic views of the Northern Lights. They are defined as being “colored lights that occur in the northern regions of the earth, caused by a mixture of ionized oxygen and nitrogen gasses in the atmosphere.” Although these lights are a naturally occurring phenomena, the aurora borealis create an effect so otherworldly and phantasmagoric that they open up new possibilities in the ways that our plane of existence is viewed and understood. These lights are created by natural gasses, and are a common occurrence in certain places, but they create an effect that is so overwhelmingly surreal that it may lead the progressive thinker to question where exactly the lines between real and surreal, science and fiction, dreams and consciousness are solid and where they are blurred.

Music Project

Further information and sound samples of my music project, Fetish Drone, can be found at the following sites:

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