Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing movement in a manner reminiscent of Lucien Freud, Edgar Degas and the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Elongated and blurry, the horse racing up a hill (Canter Fritz, 2002) and the sinister cat landing a leap (Chien Blanc, 1998) elicit a sense of foreboding enhanced by Bennett’s somber palette; his female figures too reflect a grim sense of humor with their distorted nude bodies. The face of Untitled Figure (1997), for example, is obscured by layers of dark paint. Classically trained as a painter, he initially worked in oil on canvas but discovered that monotype printing enabled him to “literally push the image around,” creating an essential element of motion. To overcome the limited scale of monotypes, however, he switched to painting on slick-surfaced plastic.
Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut.
His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to re-purpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light.
Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa Gallery.
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Artist: Tom Bennett
Interminable, colorful abstracted male nude figure modern cubist
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil painting on canvas with aggressive, active, colorful strokes representing a male nude figure from the waist up. Emotionally charged and...
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
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Planal Figure, abstract figure, earth and flesh tones, dark background
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil painting on board, unframed, abstracted, figurative, expressionist, energetic brushwork
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
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Love Scorn, classical gestural abstract male nude figure, dog, blues, earth tone
By Tom Bennett
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Homage to baroque allegory, symbolic figurative realism.
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Hercules and the Lion (Apologies to Rubens) classical image, male figure
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An expressionist homage to Rubens. Active, colorful take on an allegorical painting based on Greek Mythology. Active movement, aggressive brush strokes combine for a powerful and mil...
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2010s Symbolist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
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Ecstatic Fatigue, abstracted female figure, nude
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on board. Abstracted, expressionist, figurative. Cool and warm greys with heightened color.
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lady of the Flies, blue tones, abstract female figure
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A expressive abstracted figure painted with strong yet ethereal colors and beautiful textures.
The painting has biomorphic shapes and an active, dynamic composition.
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2010s Abstract Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Prosaic, female frontal nude oil painting lively brushwork, earth tones
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This oil painting presents a powerful exploration of the fragmented human form and the emotive potential of abstraction. The figure, rendered in a dynamic fusion of expressive brushw...
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Posthumous, abstract nude female figure, grey, blue
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract Expressionist figurative painting. Cool greys and a textured abstracted surface reveals a subtle yet powerful nude figure in hidden repose.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diana (Ode to Van Dyke) female nude w blue tones brushstrokes
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This colorful, textured , abstracted expressionist homage to a detail of the Van Dyke painting "Diana and the Nymph Discovered by Saturn", pays trib...
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late Winter (self portrait) earth tones, abstracted gestural portrait
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An expressive and introspective portrait of a man, rendered in a loose, gestural style that emphasizes texture, color and emotion over realism. The composition is dominated by the fa...
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Truro Beach, colorful abstract female sun bather
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil painting on board of expressionist figure in repose. Expressive, energetic brush strokes, colorful palette.
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Lonely Place, earth tones, female nude back brushwork
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil painting over ink on paper. Figurative expressionist, moody, poetic nude.
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Spoke 1, nude, blue tones, suggests sky water
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil painting of semi-abstracted female nude against a moody, ambiguous cloudy sky. The figure appears both an ethereal part of and emerging from another world.
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2010s Symbolist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Buried Mistake expressionist figurative nude active warm and cool colors
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Expressive nude figure, movement, powerful color and texture, abstract brushwork
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil
"Nymphs" two voluptuous female nudes, gestural abstracted figures, clear colors
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil painting on board, an expressionist figurative homage to the work Diana and her Nymphs, by Rubens. Active, direct brushwork, flesh tones
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nothing Lasts, dreamy female figure painting
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
dreamy figure, red splash of color,nude female figure
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2010s Contemporary Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Holy Roman Empire, Batman (apologies to van Dyke) classical
abstract gesture
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Loose, expressionist homage to a baroque equestrian painting by Van Dyke. Oil over board, earth colors with primary color pops.
Category
2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
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Fatuous, oil painting, male figure, art historical classical theme
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Award winning painter Tom Bennett was raised in a painter's household, learned to paint from his father. Born in Norwalk, Ct., the painter/printmaker lived in Brooklyn, NY until movi...
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2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Purdah, dark tones, gestural abstract w figures, black, grey monochromatic
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas, abstracted image of moody figure, with expressionist movement in brush application. Dark grays and blacks with higher intensity red colors popping.
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Pete
s Going Away, " colorful gestural abstraction, multiple figures
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An abstract figurative oil painting on board. Active, expressive movement with powerful paint application. An abstract homage to Caravaggio.
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Oil, Board
Charles V (after van Dyke) classical contemporary bold horse colorful brushwork
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A richly painted, expressionist homage to Van Dyke. Active, movement in an equestrian portrait based on a baroque painting. Oil on board.
Category
2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Unfinished Thought, female nude, abstracted figurative painting earth tones
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Expressionist, abstracted figurative female nude
About Tom Bennett:
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pheromone, colorful abstract with figure beautiful blue tones, brushwork
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A expressionist, abstracted nude immersed in striking colors. The figure melds with the atmospheric surface to form a powerful symbolist imagery.
Category
2010s Abstract Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Insomnia
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Expressionist figurative nude oil painting on fine printmaking paper. Colorful, active movement, broad brushstrokes, expressionist feel.
Category
2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Muddy Company oil on monotype
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
provocative female figure
Oil on paper
Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut.
His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to repurpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light.
Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Red Ophelia, colorful abstract female nude
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An expressionist figurative oil painting integrating abstracted form and color. The title suggests the classic Shakespearean character from Hamlet and the symbolism of beauty, madnes...
Category
2010s Expressionist Tom Bennett Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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