About

Hello, my friend.

I paint abstract and representational paintings, primarily in acrylic and collage.

I've been influenced by a diverse group of artists, but I prefer to focus on what lights me up rather than the specific style of any particular artist.

My goal is to bring more beauty into this world, impacting other's lives on a daily basis by awakening their imagination and emotions.

In my work you'll find a mix of the natural world with the manmade. I'm fascinated with the juxtaposition of technology with nature. They can feel so different and yet it's all from the same source. There is birth and formation, death and decay. Some things disappear for a time only to reemerge. Other things seem timeless. Others are so transitory. We struggle to imbue the timeless with what seems transitory; Soul, spirit, sensation, emotion, perspective, ambiance.

I send my art into the world in hopes that it can touch someone the way that is has touched me in it's formation. Not in the exact same way (since we are all different) but that it awakens within them an imagination, a thought, a memory, a desire, an emotion, a purpose, hope.

- Ben McArthur