Meet the Artist

SETH BENZEL

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Seth Benzel lives and works in Ocala, Florida. There he owns and curates his own gallery, 8th Ave. Gallery, which also serves as his studio.

Benzel is an abstract painter who works predominantly in acrylic, while also infusing other mediums and occasionally collage. A key element of Benzel’s work is the manipulation of line and space, and how they interrelate to each other. Linear aspects imply a sort of architecture...while freewheeling colors and brushstrokes represent the nature energy all around us. These elements could also be seen as a juxtaposition of the man-made artificial world vs. that of natural or spiritual world.

Traveling, both domestically and Internationally has become a huge source of inspiration towards his paintings. By creating art projects, Benzel has traveled to Dubai, Spain, and Los Ángeles, then in turn created body of works based on his travels.

Benzel describes his work as deconstructionist in nature...celebrating the spontaneity of mark making, within a space showing movement and a certain perspective. Creating work that is always changing and never stagnant, where a painting never represents and ending but always a new beginning.

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