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Landscape Drawings and Paintings
Denita Benyshek



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The Nighthawk (Mt. Rainier).
Denita Benyshek
2020, North Bend, WA
Acrylic on cotton rag paper
42 x 86” unframed

​During a flight, saw Mt. Rainier through the plane's window and did a quick sketch on a napkin. I then worked on this painting for 10 years, through many changes, an entire mountain range came and went, a storm blew through, large trees grew in the foreground, then vanished. Dark night with purple clouds, a great moon rose, then day came, then a low mist floated in. One day, the painting asked for a yellow gold sky. Although I wasn't sure about this, I trusted the art spirit’s voice. I did as I was requested, and the painting was done!

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The Still Lake of Reverie
Denita Benyshek
2020, North Bend, WA
Acrylic on 2 sheets of cotton rag paper
35.75 x 77”, unframed

Near my mountain home is a lake. Spring fed, the water is rather cold. In the summer, I enjoy swimming back and forth across the lake, floating in the middle and looking up at the clouds, treading water and gazing at mountains and trees. So peaceful. I walk along the shore, all seasons, coming to know the rocks and trees and wildlife. I bring home water from the waterfall to use in my studio, incorporating the mountain water into my paintings.

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The Plateau
Denita Benyshek
2021, North Bend, WA (based on sketches from Arizona and New Mexico)
Acrylic and fabric collage on rag paper
22.5 x 30”, unframed

I received a grant from the Creativity & Madness Conference that included a flight to Santa Fe. After the conference concluded, I travelled to Canyon de Chelly, in Arizona, making a series of 62 sketches during the journey.
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Additional sketches from my journey, Santa Fe to Canyon de Chelly. 

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Denita Benyshek, 2018, sketches of cliff dwellings in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.
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Denita Benyshek, 2018, sketch, near continental divide.
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Crossing the Continental Divide
Denita Benyshek
2021, North Bend, WA (based on sketches from Arizona and New Mexico)
Acrylic and fabric collage on rag paper
42.25"W x 40.5"H
 
One of my favorite paintings, such a sense of mystery, what is about to be experienced.

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Spider Woman Rock
Denita Benyshek
2021, North Bend, WA (based on sketch from Arizon, Canyon de Chelly)
Acrylic on rag paper
22.5 x 30” unframed

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Artist Denita Benyshek in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ​2019. 
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  • BOTANICA RESIDENCY
  • ABOUT
  • Retrospective
  • Landscape
  • OPERA BOOK
  • ARTIST AS SHAMAN