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Ben Betsalel
At my studio/gallery in the heart of the River Arts District on the west-side of downtown Asheville, you are as likely to find musicians, ballet dancers, woodworkers , mathematicians, lawyers and poets as you are to find fellow painters and tight rope walkers. From all of them I learn something, but if asked from where my paintings come, some things I leave as a mystery to others and even myself.
The most beautiful moments happen when a painting is drying. The tinted puddles of paint vibrate to the trains passing and ripple with gusts of wind. There is always a chance it will dry differently than I thought and the precious moment will no longer be there to see.
Being able to let go of what I want, or want something to be, is a life attitude and is certainly evident in my most recent work.
