very pleased that our short film The Dancers is selected for an award at the Aasha film festival

The film can be previed here: https://youtu.be/xK4VPQn-Vbk

One in a number of short films by Philip & Susan Bennetta, made in Walmer, Deal, Kent,

We are very pleased that our short film “The Dancers” will be showing at the Parallax Art Fair, Kensington Town Hall, London UK 17-18 February, with a private view 16 February 7.30-9.30 pm (free tickets available)

“The Parallax Art Fair exhibits art, design and film from freedom-loving artists and designers from around the world, including UK, USA, France, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Belgium, China, Portugal, Australia, Austria, India, Canada, Spain, and Switzerland…”

We are showing the “The Dancers”, with original music, which is to do with the art-making process.

available via YouTube link @ https://youtu.be/xK4VPQn-Vbk

a week in the studio, here’s some work

Walmer, 2023

Following my first Monotype Walmer, here is the next one. I made the work today using a copper plate, water mixable ink, and an etching press, printing onto Somerset paper, producing this unique print.

I spent a pleasant morning working on this small monotype (18cm x 13cm) based on recent drawings, along this special stretch of coastline, at Walmer, Kent. I may work on a series of these monotype studies…

These unique prints (U/P) are inspired by my move from Cornwall to the Kent coast, at Walmer, UK.
I carry a sense of place; bringing memory of moorland life, its light and dark skies, landscape, streams, on this return journey, to where I see the French coast, on most days, once again. I have used carborundum to make the studies. The plate is inked up, put through an etching press, to make the strong black and whites and gradually, subtle light and darks. I am attracted to the Carborundum technique, invented in the 1930’s – it holds a resonance for me in the arts and poetry pamphlet-making.