Friday, December 20, 2013

Tiril Benton


I paint with absolute faith. The experience of each painting illuminates, not by enabling me to intellectually or artistically compose a meaningful piece of art, but by finding the inherent knowledge instilled within. Daring and challenging me to express with an authenticity that leaves me inside out. Vulnerable and alive. No platitudes and careful juxtapositions of strokes, but a raw, vital energy. A visceral realization of available potential.
The external experience serves as the catalyst for the internal striving to comprehend the connectedness of all on an energetic level. Is it not the quest of the human journey to balance the life of matter to the life of spirit. The ego to the true self. The experience of the painting is the microcosm of this eternal struggle. Facing the tension between illusion and reality.
Tiril was born in London, she is now a US citizen, residing in Huntsville, Alabama.
Primarily self taught, she has had solo and group exhibitions in the US and Europe. Her works are part of many international and national private collections.

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