January 7, 2022 – February 25, 2022

Art Opening Reception: Friday, January 14, 2022 / 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm @ 9 Vassar Street – (PLEASE NOTE: Proof of Vaccination and wearing masks required. Refreshments will not served.)

Jim Bennett is an artist, author, and teacher whose prolific career has spanned five decades.  Retiring in 2015 from full-time teaching, he has created notable works of arts in calligraphy, illustration, murals, and portraiture.  In 2020, he focused on drawing which included exercises using a minimal number of lines to produce dynamic compositions. His new series of paintings, Luminous Streams – Variations on Four Lines, employ that technique and depict flowing water and blowing wind, musical rhythms, dance, plant and flower growth, breathing, heartbeat, seasons, and astronomical patterns. “I was inspired by a dream,” relays Mr. Bennett. “Perhaps even lost primordial memories – in short, the rhythms of life itself.”

Jim Bennett received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  He also attended Washington & Lee University, Corcoran School of Arts (Washington, DC), and studied painting with renowned artists Thomas Downing, Gene Davis and James Twitty at the Washington Color School. His artwork has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory, Gallery 330, Art Centro, Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Arts Mid-Hudson, and the Barrett Art Center. The Beautiful Luminous Art of Bennecelli