[vanflores]

wow, this is great...I love it.

[Pahnl]

Fantastic use of drips, the eyes full of subdued helpless interest (atleast to me and that's all that matters ) and such beauty against the typically opposite drips works great as an interesting juxtaposition. Infact, it's just nice to see drips used in another way, usually restricted to the bottom of stencils that don't reach down fair enough or serving as a bloody background, haha.

The features of the face are a little idealized but not in the shallow mainstream sense, that's just style at work, it's all good.

[bs]

cheers guys, Pahnl - ye, I like to play on it all a little with the mix of the almost typical beauty and grungy, messy finishing. like the fact that so many people have seemed to take this in so many different ways which is what I want, never quite sure how to take it and what it is meant to represent but thats the beauty, you just take it for what it says to you

[schlomo]

a return to form Ben, really really like this. As i said before your style suits feminine faces so well, and this is just stunning.

great stuff.

[Gentry]

Top work, the detail on the mouth is bang on.

[bs]

Hey all, plug time

Just dropped my new piece AMINA over on my shop at

benslow.bigcartel.com

It is available in both Canvas and Paper Editions at £250 and £70 respectfully



Available in which ever colour you wish

Loads of other pieces available including a few ONE OFF portraits, more of which I will be adding to the shop as they are finished

Best

B

[Jezabell]

Should this not be called enima looks like she got a ass problem.

[Dan Kitchener]

ha ha, yeh looks like she's had an 'accident!'

[EYESAW]

Ha ha.....lol. Quality

[bs]

well if ur capable of that sort of 'ass trouble' as you put i then there something seriously wrong with you, id rather just call it explosions of paint!

[bs]

Just finished this, on canvas, called Nadine

[Jezabell]

Or just plain shit

[bs]

And what is the point in that??? Very healthy and helpful

[bs]

Todays painting Sarah

Something a bit different,bit cleaner and softer really but nice and textured as ever and happy with how she came out

[optiknerve]

Great pieces mate. Sarah is bloody lovely!!

[T*3]

yeh best you have done in my opinion. like the tear effect with the drips near her eye.
is it acrylic and charcoal?

[bs]

cheers mate, no its inks,emulsion and spray. Ye, getting there but more i have looked at here today, def too clean for me,my more commercial style if u will, lol

Just keeping on,il find something im happy with soon,just needs to get grungier and bolder i think, though having a lot of fun experimenting i must say

[bs]

Todays paint, ERIC, first time painted a guy in a while but really enjoyed this,really starting to carve the sort of style I am after and nice to get back to a larger format, this piece is 111cm X 86 cm, could really loosen up and def helped!!!!

[cutty]

Really loving the first two mate(and 3 and 4) would love to see them on my wall.
Fark yeah, the first piece is OUTSTANDING!

Nice work.

Cheers

[bs]

thanks mate,appreciate it!

[Mish Mash]

Great piece every one of them. Really like the Sarah & Eric.

Are you & Dank competing to see who do the most stunning stuff in a week? ;-)

[sakyamuni]

Like the Eric painting a lot, must be impressive in flesh. thanks for sharing these new paintings.

[ricobenfico]

Hey Ben, I agree that your new work is looking great, Do you base them on people you know or is it from photo's/models/other source?

PS My name is Eric, therefore can I have Eric?!?!

[bs]

Cheers all, ye even if i say so myself, I am certainly happy with Eric in the flesh,just put it along with Shallom in a gallery in West London

For first time in long time,really happy with how its all coming on,def starting to carve out a nice style so looking forward to rest to come

Got loads more coming soon,another new one tomorrow.

Rico, of course you can have eric... for £600 good price I reckon for the size and time taken
Pictures are a mix of randoms and friends, would paint just friends but trying to get the right pictures is really not all that easy

[bs]

Todays piece Sophie, strting to feel a bit more confident with the colours
She is 100cm X 50cm and made up of inks,emulsions,spraypaint,acrylics and pencil

[nyst]

Stunning works!!
Really love the first one. A beauty.

[Rourke]

Brilliant work mate

[bs]

cheers all, thanks Rourke, always nice to get some love from a fellow mess maker (in a good way of course)

[wap]

really nice work, all of it. beautiful details on the features of their faces. is this graphite and paint?

[bs]

a little pencil mate, its a mix of things really,ink,spray,emulsion etc, whatever i can get my hands on and make work