My main medium is watercolor. I work in a realistic manner, starting with a real subject matter and a drawing, then moving towards the abstract and mysterious. I start working with the paper very wet, adding layers of paint as the paper dries. I am open to accidents and surprises, enjoying the lack of control involved in working this way. I usually paint “on the spot”, at home or outside, finishing the work almost entirely in one sitting.
I am “self-taught”, which to me means without much formal art school training. I have learned from my mother, from growing up in a very art and design oriented society. I have learned from other artists, from my children, from everything around me, Art is what I do. I can’t imagine not drawing and painting. It gives me a language, a way to express what I experience. Art deepens and clarifies, sometimes even saves your life.
About Eva Bender
b. Sweden
Exhibitions
Lynden Gallery
Arts Hotel Gallery at the Lancaster Arts Hote
The Demuth Museum and Foundation
Suzann H. Arnold Art Gallery at Lebanon Valley College
Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg