Geoffrey Benzing was born in Miami Florida in  1975 and now resides in Lawrence Kansas as a professional artist.  He studied art at Wichita State University, Hutchinson Community Collage, and Wichita North East Magnet High School.  He has done several album covers and book covers and sells art through his website and local shows.  Geoffrey has painted his whole life with the encouragement of his parents and continues to gain momentum as a professional artist, thanks to his fans and supporters. 

   

 Geoff and his pet birds....
 
 
 
 
Artist's Statement
 
 
     I tried to divide this website into several parts that show the different styles that I am working on.  Some of the series I still continue, like the elephants and whales, and others I have not done in a while and might never get back to.  I like to work in series because I can be creative within the series, and  I can move from one to the other.
    
 
Rolling Beast
 
    The roller elephants are done in acrylic or oil paint and they are the first paintings that I developed the block brush stroke style that I use often when painting animals.   Whales, penguins,  and owls followed. 
Street Lights
 
     Neighborhood scenes in watercolor with cats and dogs, and people walking and riding bikes,  This group of paintings were inspired by late night bike rides in the summer when I noticed how many street lights and power lines were in the town.  And every night that I would go for a ride I would see an owl or possum, and I wanted to put them into the painting with the people and houses and show how apart of our world those creatures are. 
 
Ice Age
    These paintings are all watercolor and watercolor collage.  I pasted down cut outs from other abstract paintings to create patterns of grass, leaves, and clouds.  Prehistoric elephants, elk, horses and pigs are silhouetted in the background.
 
Abstract paintings
 
     I do a lot of abstract paintings to free myself from subject matter and work on colors and shapes.  I have not posted up all of them because so many look alike, but they are some of my favorite paintings, and I love doing them.  I use layers to build up texture, and I use iridescent paints to give the look of metal foil on some of them.  I also use water colors, and water color collages to create futuristic patterns.
 
 
 
cute animals
 
    I did a bunch of very colorful small watercolors of animals doing cute things.  I used pencil to draw some of the details, like feathers and fur and then I painted  colors over it to give some complexity.
 
     "Girl and Cat" pencil from sketchbook
        I usually spend time everyday drawling stuff, some of it is interesting enough that I will frame it and hang it up somewhere.  But most of the drawings I do are random brainstorms, and I have several of these posted.
 
    (more to come)
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  


Feel free to email Geoff if you have any questions about artwork on the website!