BEN PERINI

Ben Perini - self-taught artist with an imaginative vision. My aesthetic was shaped early in my life by the great museums of New York City. Creating art that entertains and makes one think... My Art - large charcoal portraits - began in 2012. Although I have this feeling that I've been working toward this my whole life. It is in many ways a culmination; of my love of drawing since childhood, my career as an illustrator, and the practice of my craft every day... My drawings are fictional portraits - created with charcoal and white chalk (along with other formal and informal tools) on paper. These striking larger-than-life images are an exploration of environmental, political, and cultural themes. They act as a meditation on identity, the intersection of the personal and the societal. Though fictional portraits, each draws inspiration from the powerful and deeply human people I've been lucky to know in my life.