Noel Bensted

Santera

Santera

Grapes

Grapes

Afternoon Drinks

Afternoon Drinks, One More Glass?

Tea at Cafe Florian

Tea at Cafe Florian

Yndia in Kente and Antique Dress

He paints pictures of the young people who live in America and Europe.  He focuses on urban life.  He tries to capture the vitality of life in these urban areas.  He works from life, rather than photographs.  He creates paintings that are called “Narratives”, which try to capture a whole story in the instant scene in the picture.  His Narratives have a filmic quality.

His art is currently on display in a number of galleries in England, including Medici Gallery, Balman Gallery, and the Modern Artists Gallery.  He was a BP Portrait Award finalist in 2011.

I found this person through the Modern Artists Gallery website.  You can see his art in person at this museum, as well as other art galleries.

His art focuses on people, especially young people, as they live their lives in modern urban areas.  His pictures come from scenes in Italy, England, and Cuba.  He looks at the interactions between people as they go through their activities.  He also does still life pictures.

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