Benjamine Lester
Respecting My Joy, 2020
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 "
A figurative painter of male nudes, I am inspired by French and Spanish painters of the Baroque. Rejecting the idea of celebrating the idealized male form, I chose to present...
A figurative painter of male nudes, I am inspired by French and Spanish painters of the Baroque. Rejecting the idea of celebrating the idealized male form, I chose to present realistic body types treated with the same drama and gravitas I feel in the work of the old masters.