‘if this should come at last to rest”
Featured
Exploring Monotype in 2025
Featured
figure in gold
oil on canvas, Philip Bennetta, 2025
Figure in Gold, oil on canvas, Philip R. Bennetta, 2025
Featured
New Monotype Art by Philip Bennetta
if one should fall at the inPRINT show, The Horsebridge, Whitstable January 16- 8 February 2026
Featured
reflection on museum postcard
my poem response to The Seed Keeper
Featured
Exploring the Art of Carborundum Collage
with studio companion Tess
Hard-pressed to see what’s going on, carborundum collage, Philip R. Bennetta 2025
re-published for our times
Trespasses – poem-film in English, made in France https://youtu.be/oIOqbPGRfMw
TRESPASSES by Philip Bennetta
(Oradour-sur-Glane, 2012)
the same stone
corner, crossing
well, church, road
overhead the telephone
cables, limp, mute
the stones fall
timbers collapse
piled-up
where they fell
gone now
the scorched stone wails
what is remains…
this stone
supporting our gaze
now fallen; gently placed
the stillness, which trespasses
on dark ways
and under glass
beneath comprehension
among fragment, artefact
the melted lenses
in your tiny lunettes…
to help us see
after the eyes burn?
Prayer – our latest poem-film
with images from Walmer, and Kingsdown, Kent, UK. We hope something here finds you… https://youtu.be/V0CPAaYIoOU
end-thread
Cutting thread, collecting fragments, leftover pieces, questions that remain, inspired this meditation. It is to do with the art making process, arising in the final stages of the poem ‘Prayer’, prior to its publication. Thirty six poetry pamphlets form this hand-sewn limited edition, resulting in seventy two tail-ends of thread. These are made into a sequence of placed temporary works, photographed individually, and in grids. I tied the fragments to each other, using seventy two knots (see Franciscan Seraphic Rosary and Eastern prayer rope); this endearing soft-sculptural object, its juxtaposition to the poem, invites contemplation…
The music for the film is based on the poet’s response to a bird singing in the garden, while making the work. It is recorded on Celtic bouzouki…
With special thanks to artistic director Susan Bennetta for her critique, wise words and suggestions. This hand-sewn pamphlet is currently available directly from our small press http://www.artistspress.co.uk. Here’s the link to the film, thank you so much for reading its back-story, with all good times…
Featured
Prayer
our latest poem by post
Figure in Bracken
Figure in Bracken https://youtu.be/GplJD-pQTdU
We carry only what will fit in our rucksacks, travelling lightly, sensitive to the building, place, folklore and history. We do not want to pre-define our response as ‘exhibition’ so how shall we respond to this National Trust site and building…
Light at Margate
our latest short poem/film, with artworks & music
all good wishes
Featured
#poembypost
Light at Margate, a version with artwork, oil on canvas, Breath by Susan Bennetta poem by Philip Bennetta
Featured
Light at Margate
our latest poem by post – with all good times
Light at Margate, poem by post, artwork Susan Bennetta, poem by Philip Bennetta
Featured
hand sewn poetry pamphlets
ENTANGLE our latest Poem by Post
Featured
now winter’s here
poem by post, from Home by Different Ways, poetry and artwork collection
Featured
Life Drawing
poem by post from Home by Different Ways, a collection of poetry & artwork
Featured
Forgotten Place
poem by post, from the poetry pamphlet and film Forgotten Place
Featured
killing of crow
poem by post from the poetry pamphlet & film killing of crow
Featured
vines
poem by post, from the poetry pamphlet vines, published in English, with French translation
Featured
her face
poem by post from our hand sewn poetry pamphlet, available from artistspress.co.uk
Featured
Entangle
poem by post, with film-still & poem from our recent film Entangle
Entangle, poem & film still, Philip.R. Bennetta
Here’s the link to our film, with all good times https://youtu.be/t8Eb1-jf3BU
Featured
ancient anchors
poem by post: with film-still and poem from our film ancient anchors
Here’s the link to our poem/film, with good wishes: https://youtu.be/ivftI-tdxMs
Featured
from here
poem by post, featuring poem, with artwork by Susan Bennetta
from here, poem by Philip R. Bennetta, artwork Susan Bennetta
Here is the film link, with our good wishes: https://youtu.be/rFT3rRfLqBI
Featured
now this day
poem by post, featuring film-still and poem home by different ways
home by different ways, poem and film still from now this day, by Philip R. Bennetta
Here’s the link to our poem/film with all good wishes: https://youtu.be/ueV7PpX7FfA
Featured
middle fold
poem by post, featuring film still & poem from the poem/film middle fold
Here is the film link, with all good wishes: https://youtu.be/90x2JUb1Hws
Featured
neap tide
poem by post: with film-still and poem from our film neap tide
Here’s the link to the film, with all good wishes: https://youtu.be/K31JZGQqAew
Featured
flowers that fade
poem by post with film still and poem from our film flowers that fade
Here’s the link to our film: https://youtu.be/dQrT0go7LQs
Featured
willows of the brook
poem by post: film-link and poem from our film willows of the brook
Here’s the link to the film, with good wishes: https://youtu.be/6r8R8mQzNlc
Featured
in december
poem by post: film-still and poem from our film in december
here’s the link to our film, with all good wishes: https://youtu.be/F9WqrvoF53Y
Featured
kindling
poem by post: film-still and poem from our film kindling
here’s the link to our film, with all good wishes: https://youtu.be/F9WqrvoF53Y
Featured
bare-bones
poem by post featuring film-still and poem from our film bare bones
bare-bones, film still and poem by Philip R. Bennetta, 2025
here’s the link to the film, with all good wishes: https://youtu.be/ivftI-tdxMs
Featured
i am
poem by post featuring film still and poem from our short film i am
i am, film still and poem, Philip R. Bennetta, 2025
here’s the film link, with good wishes: https://youtu.be/8dhkxOFcpwU
Featured
i was here
Poem by Post featuring a film still from our poem/film i was here made at Canterbury Cathedral
Here’s the link to the film, with all good wishes: https://youtu.be/8dhkxOFcpwU
Featured
in monochrome
poem by post featuring film still and poem from our short film in monochrome
in monochrome, film still with poem, Philip. R Bennetta, January 2025
Film link, with all good wishes: https://youtu.be/kyKnbqV2Y1g
kindling
here is the link to ‘kindling’ – our latest short film-poem with music – hope you like it
bare-bones
here is the link to our latest poem-film:
hope you find something for yourself, with all good wishes
Featured
conversation (iii)
Delighted to have “conversation (iii)”, oil and collage material on canvas, included in the Linden Hall Studio Winter Group Show exhibition, Deal, Kent from 3 December 2024 to 31 January 2025
Featured
i am
I am delighted to share this link to our latest short poem film, with original music on bouzouki
which is receiving some moving reviews. I hope something finds you, with all good wishes
Featured
sculpture in the garden
Monday in June, with good wishes
corkscrew hazel killick dancer (1) Philip R. Bennetta, 2024
flowers that fade
presenting our latest poem-film, with all good wishes
i was here
This short poem-film is a kind of contemplation – to do with stone, creation, mark-making, and fate – it features the poem ‘i was here’ with original music ‘i am stone’, together with images taken in the cloisters of Canterbury Cathedral in 2024. We trust you find/recall something here for yourself, with good wishes
Delighted to share our most recent poem-film
made one Friday in April, 2024. I hope you find something here for yourself, thanks for viewing
Featured
Sunday in April, monotype on delicate washi
(43 cm x 26 cm), with good wishes
Featured
monotype on washi
recent works on washi (Japan-paper) April 2024
promenade
welcome to our latest film, with original music, made in Walmer, Deal, Kent, April 2024
Featured
‘earth, water, air & fire’, monotype, 1 April 2024
one of a kind
our latest short art-making film, featuring eight monotypes and Tess our Jack Russell studio companion
Featured
re-cycled Citroen 2cv rear windscreen
Featured
making the water margin
a collaborative project to do with the art making process featuring a new Poem by Post, published by Community of Poets & Artists Press (see images) and a short poem film (see link below):
Featured
friday in february
iconic sea-fronts: Walmer-Deal-Sandown
offcuts – woodcuts – monotypes,
monotypes printed over woodcuts on found offcuts: artist book in progress
artist book project for 2026 is underway
artists/printmakers invited to collaborate in an artist book project by responding to a poem in a new collection by Philip Bennetta. The poem will literally find them (by random selection) . A good response so far, with an update to follow before the end of August, when the poems will be released…
more details to follow
philip bennetta 