New Work
Unhappenings, April 2023 to present, lithographs, 28 x 22 inches.
Salve II
Salve
Begin Again
Unhappening: Gloaming
Unhappening:
Unhappening: Dauntless
Unhappening: Aglow
Unhappening: Grounded
Unhappening: Awakened
About
Charles Beneke works in a broad range of print media, installation, and painting. His work addresses the ever-evolving nature of identity as shaped through time, place, and lived experience.
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Thrilled to be included in Cross-Section, Running With Scissors @rwsartstudios 20th Anniversary Exhibit at @covestreetarts in Portland!
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New website folks! Check it out at the link in my bio. Thanks so much to @austin.trigg for the amazing photos, @pomeloproductions for the behind-the-scenes support & @woodhullmaine for the dream studio!
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A little testing today to refine my value range and detail.
Digital space > Inkjet transparency > Photolithography plate > Inked plate > Newsprint proof > Proof on good paper. An exercise in building an image you like, making it look flat and bad, and ending with the image I want. Always analyzing, problem solving, and working towards better!
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Layer 1? Late afternoon summer shimmer yellow. All the light just waiting to shine through!
😊💛☀️👍
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The waves rushed in as the tide ran out and showed me a new landscape.
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New piece in progress. Layer 1 down. Stay tuned!
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Wait for it, wait for it . . . ahhhh, so sweet!
Noticing, 2023, lithograph, 28 x 22.25 inches.
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A perfect day on new friends’ boat bobbing in Card Cove (thanks @asgatewood & @farmfreshmeth ) + moiré-like water morphing around us + an image that feels like me past and present + landing on the best printer settings after riding the struggle bus for a few days + great transparencies + an afternoon at @rwsartstudios + really nice plates (thank you print gods/goddesses) + a drive home on a sunny evening = happiness. A really good day! ☺️
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Spring means all the greens around here!
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It’s not hard to find the beauty in process when you’re on press.
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In Time, 2023, lithograph, 28 x 22 inches.
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I fold, package, secret away all that I breathe, shaping my becoming. I drift with joys and sorrows and they with me. We come and go on the tides of a sea of possibility, the space between us heaving and pitching until we collide and the messiness of growth blooms.
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