About

Benjamin Kress (b. 1976, Bozeman, Montana) creates paintings that serve as a synthesis of pop culture, art history, and religious iconography. Using digital tools, he combines diverse elements such as faces, figures, and landscapes, and then employs traditional oil-on-linen techniques for painting. His work serves as a bridge between historical handcrafted representations and contemporary digital art, exploring the abstractions that arise from layered and incompatible technologies. His current work, draws inspiration from Pompeii's frescoes and Caravaggio's Bacchus, incorporating …