SouthArk Arts Center to host Sandy Bennett
EL DORADO — The South Arkansas Arts Center will present an art exhibition by wellknown El Dorado artist Sandy Bennett, which will begin Saturday and hang in the Price and Merkle Galleries through May 4. An artist’s reception will be held from 5 until 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Bennett is an artist whose work is an eclectic reflection of her journey through life. She laughingly calls her style the “Kitchen Sink” and “her vibrant watercolors and oils communicate on an emotional level,” according to a news release from the arts center.
For her second solo exhibit at SAAC, Bennett will focus on a wide range of work, from nature to intimate indoor scenes. “Beauty can be found in unexpected places. I want the viewer to look beyond the face of the familiar,” Bennett said.
Bennett said she begins her works of art with loose washes and freely applied paint. She pushes and pulls color and value until she is content with the image. All paintings are subject to alterations and paint-overs at any time. Moving back and forth among several paintings
with different media and surfaces. According to the artist, “Some paintings are spontaneous wonders to me, while others are ‘late bloomers,’ developing more slowly after many days of work.”
Bennett said she hopes her paintings will spur a memory or sense of pleasure for the viewer and she would like for the observer to be awakened to viewing the world in a different way. The artist said she wants viewers to realize that there is beauty inside and out, if they will only take the time to look for it.
For more information about Bennett’s exhibit, call the SAAC office at 870-862-5474 or visit the website at www.saacarts.org. SAAC is located at 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado.