CURRENT WORK
​2024 - 2025

Gesamtkunstwerk, an integration of painting, photography, ritual,
costume, music, and performance, November 11-12, 2025.

NEW PAINTINGS
MIXED MEDIA
​WORKS IN PROCESS

Denita Benyshek, A Vessel is an Island in the Sea, October 2, 2025,
acrylic paint, garden earth and acrylic medium, rain, on canvas  wrapped over gallery depth canvas stretcher bars,
​48 x 60 x 1.5 in (121.92 x 152.4 x 3.81 cm), $5500. Detail photographs below.

Denita Benyshek, Approaching the Continental Divide, October 4, 2025/work in process.
​Acrylic and collage on cotton rag paper, mounted on canvas, 42 x 40 in (106.68 x 101.6 cm), $2800.

Denita Benyshek, Night Garden 16: Brief Lives of Artists, October 4, 2025/work in process,
acrylic paint and collaged pages (from book titled Brief Lives: A Biographical Companion to the Arts), 
on canvas  wrapped over gallery depth canvas stretcher bars,
​48 x 60 x 1.5 in (121.92 x 152.4 x 3.81 cm). Detail photographs below.

Denita Benyshek, Aspiration Canyon, October 6, 2025/work in process,
acrylic paint and fabric collage on cotton rag paper mounted on canvas,
​42.25 x 55.25 in (107.32 x 140.34 x 3.81 cm)
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Denita Benyshek, The Tree Loves The River and The River Loves The Tree, September 14, 2025,
acrylic paint on silk and brocade mounted on canvas wrapped over gallery depth canvas stretcher bars,
48 x 36 x 1.5 in (121.92 x 91.44 x 3.81 cm), $3000. Detail photographs below.

COSMIC SPIRIT SERIES
2024 - 2025

As Above, So Below, 2025, acrylic, watercolor, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 12 x 17.5 in (30.48 x 44.45 cm). Framed $1200.

From the Earth to the Sky, 2025, acrylic paint, watercolor, ink, cotton rag paper, 15.25 x 10.5 in (38.74 x 26.67 cm). Framed $980. On Loan: University of Michigan Medicine, main gallery.

Radiant Being 2, Light in the Cave, 2025, acrylic, ink, watercolor, on cotton rag paper, 13 x 18 in (33.02 x 45.72 cm). Framed $1125.

A Tree sending me Love., 2024, acrylic paint, Faber-Castell brush pen, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 18 x 12 in (45.72 x 30.48 cm). Private Collection: Dallas, Texas.

Oasis, 2024, soft pastel, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 19 x 13 in (48.26 x 33.02 cm). Private Collection: Wichita, Kansas.

This Sparkling World, 2024, acrylic paint, watercolor, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 11.5 x 7.75 in (29.21 x 19.69 cm). On Loan: University of Michigan, main gallery. Framed $750.

That Which is Emergent, 2024, acrylic paint, irridescent ink, brush pen, watercolor, ink, on cotton rag paper, 12 x 18 in (30.48 x 45.72 cm). On Loan: University of Michigan Medicine, main gallery. Framed $1200.

A Star in the Heart of the Forest, 2024, soft pastel, pastel pencil, colored pencil, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 18 x 12 in (45.72 x 30.48 cm). Private Collection: Wichita, Kansas.

The Beginning (The Birth of the Universe), 2024, acrylic paint, watercolor, Faber-Castell brush pen, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 7.65 x 10.95 in. On Exhibit: @art_upstairs_gallery, New York City, New York. Framed $850.

We Are All Connected, 2024, acrylic paint on cotton rag paper, 11.25 x 10.5 in (28.58 x 26.67 cm). Framed $650.

Approaching the Region of the SpaceTime, 2024, acrylic paint, ink, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 8 x 13.5 in (20.32 x 34.29 cm). On Exhibit: @art_upstairs_gallery, New York City, New York. $1200

Living in the Green World, Looking at the World with Open Eyes, 2024, oil pastel, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 11.5 x 17.25 in (29.21 x 43.82 cm). Framed $1025.

Zephyr, 2024, soft pastel, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 12.0625 x 17.75 in (30.64 x 45.09 cm). On Exhibit: @art_upstairs_gallery, New York City, New York. Framed $1500.

In Myth, The First..., 2024, acrylic paint, pastel, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 18.75 x 12.25 in (47.63 x 31.12 cm). Framed $1900.

Listening, 2024, acrylic, Faber-Castell brush pen, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 8.25 x 10.98 in (20.96 x 27.89 cm). Framed $850.

L'Origne du Monde (The Origin of the World, after Courbet), 2024, acrylic paint, watercolor, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 9.25 x 11.5 in (23.5 x 29.21 cm). Framed $610.

Reverberations, 2024, acrylic paint, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 7.5 x 10.625 in (19.05 x 26.99 cm). On Loan: University of Michigan Medicine, main gallery. Framed $610.

Spring Machine, 2024, acrylic paint, watercolor, gouache, Faber-Castell brush pen, graphite, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 16.82 x 12.5 in (42.98 x 31.75 cm). Private collection, Wichita, Kansas.

The Eye of the Storm, 2024, oil pastel on black cotton rag paper, 22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm). On Exhibit: @art_upstairs_gallery, New York City, New York. Framed $2500.

Eye of the Beholder, 2024, acrylic paint, acrylic ink, gouache, archival pigment ink on cotton rag paper, 12.5 x 14.75 in (31.75 x 37.47 cm). On Exhibit: @art_upstairs_gallery, New York City, New York. Framed $1200.

Her Presence, 2024, acrylic paint, ink, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 7.5 x 9.25 in (19.05 x 23.5 cm). Framed $750.

Poppies by the Waterfall, 2024, watercolor, ink, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper. Private Collection: Tucson, Arizona.

Danae, 2024, acrylic paint, Faber-Castell brush pen, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 8 x 6 in (20.32 x 15.24 cm). Private Collection: Wichita, Kansas.

The Absolute, 2024, acrylic paint, Faber-Castell brush pen, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 12.94 x 17.25 in (32.87 x 43.82 cm). $1000 framed.

In the Sweep of Time 2, 2024, colored pencil, graphite, acrylic ink, watercolor, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 8 x 11 in (20.32 x 27.94 cm). Framed $900.

A Link in the Great Chain of Being, 2024, acrylic paint, acrylic ink, archival pigment ink, watercolor, on cotton rag paper. 8 x 4 in. Private Collection: Wichita, Kansas.

Bluebird, Choosing a Direction, 2024, acrylic paint, watercolor, Faber-Castell brush pen, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 12.25 x 17.75 in (31.12 x 45.09). On Loan: University of Michigan Medicine, main gallery. Framed $1100.

Suns Stars Mothers, 2024, acrylic paint, graphite, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 12 x 16 in (30.48 x 40.64 cm). Framed $950.

Radiant Being 1, The LIttle Flora, 2024, acrylic paint, watercolor, Faber-Castell brush pen, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 13.5 x 8.25 in (34.29 x 20.96 cm). On Exhibit: @art_upstairs_gallery, New York City, New York. Framed $1010.

The Maker of Flowers, 2024, soft pastel, watercolor, Faber-Castell brush pen, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper. On Exhibit: @art_upstairs_gallery, New York City, New York. Framed $1350.

Venus above the Western Horizon, 2024, watercolor, acrylic, journal writing, soft pastel, on cotton rag paper, 12.8 x 15.89 in (32.51 x 40.36 cm). On Loan: University of Michigan Medicine, main gallery. Framed $950.

The Prow of the Ship, 2024, acrylic paint, watercolor, Faber-Castell brush pen, soft pastel, archival pigment ink, on cotton rag paper, 12.5 x 18.5 (31.75 x 46.99 cm). On Exhibit: @art_upstairs_gallery, New York City, New York. Framed $1300.

The Circle of Love, 2024, ink, acrylic paint, watercolor, on cotton rag paper, 18.75 x 11.25 in (47.53 x 28.58 cm). On Loan: University of Michigan Medicine, main gallery. Framed $1010.

In the Sweep of Time, 1. 2024, acrylic paint, ink, archival pigment ink, watercolor, on cotton rag paper, 13 x 12 in (33.02 x 30.48 cm). Private Collection: Wichita, Kansas.

On the Day You were Born, 2024, acrylic on canvas (triptych), 40 x 90 in.

From the Center, 2024, archival pigment ink on cotton rag paper. Private collection: Los Angeles, CA.

​THE NIGHT GARDEN
2023 - 2024