Artist Charlie Bennell explores the ways in which the space around us impacts our experiences and how architectural structures interact with natural elements, light, and color. The results are illustrations and paintings which showcase strangely detached structures that are void of human interaction – a sort of imagined shrine for space and light.
“The process of creating is a meditative process and helps to slow me down,” Bennell explained in an interview with Ballpitmag. “I hope to inspire the same introspection in those who view my art as I get from creating it.”
Indeed, in a world of 24-hour connectivity, her imaginary landscapes seek to create that utopian space where one can look inward and find solace. Through her artwork, she explores ideas of light and shadow, color, solid, and void and the ways in which architectural movements can relate to a more spiritual realm.
“Visually, I find the relationship between structured and organic shapes really interesting,” she says. “I like drawing inspiration from existing architectural spaces and reworking them to explore how the space around us impacts our experiences and how they interact with natural elements, light, and color.”
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