Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Meet Artist Stephanie Benedict, Ironstone's Spring Obsession Open Division


Stephanie Benedict

sbenedictstudio.com
sbenedictblog.com
stephanieb@sbenedictstudio.com


Stephanie Benedict paints landscapes in oil,
acrylic, and gouache. She came to painting one
evening in the middle of her life, while wandering
through an art supply store. She was looking at
racks of stretched canvas—small ones, big ones,
square and long ones—all empty, white, and
standing in rows against the wall. Suddenly,
Stephanie started seeing paintings on them:
cityscapes, mountains, views through windows. She decided that night to
study painting, and she’s never looked back.
Stephanie earned a BA with honors from the University of California, Santa
Cruz, in History/Theatre Arts. Since that night at the art supply store, she’s
studied painting and drawing with Kathleen Dunphy, Scott Christensen, Terry
Miura, Susan Sarback, and Dan Samborski.
Stephanie is a native Californian, born in Burbank and raised in Sacramento.
After sampling life in Eugene and Boston, Stephanie returned to California.
She now resides in near Sacramento.
You can find Stephanie’s work at High Hand Gallery in Loomis, California,
and on her website, sbenedictstudio.com. She writes about painting, nature,
and painting nature on her blog, sbenedictblog.com.

2 comments:

Stephanie Benedict said...

Thank you for selecting my painting, The Lighthousekeeper's House, for the 2013 Spring Obsession show! I look forward to painting en plein air the afternoon of the opening reception, March 2.

Ironstone Museum said...

If the weather is like last year, it will be a perfect day for outdoor painting. Guests coming to the Spring Obsession event will have fun finding you on the grounds! See you March 2nd!