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Trever Bennett: Recent Watercolors Ghost Ranch Trever Bennett is best known and respected for her remarkable approach in capturing the unique beauty, charisma and serenity of the desert through water color. She has a special talent for recreating every hue, shape, movement and mood of the desert. “I paint to capture the magnificent moods of the desert. I know I can never repeat what the Master Painter has created, but if I can convey a portion of it through my paintings, and can strike a spark of appreciation in someone, I will feel my efforts have been worthwhile.” Located in the Mojave Desert of California, she has found ample inspiration for the scenes in her paintings close at hand.
Lynn Canal Bennett received a BFA degree from the University of Southern California, and studied at NYU, Pasadena Art Institute and Craffton Hills College. In 1968, she left a successful career in furniture and interior design to be a painter and teacher of art. Her goal is to make painting easier for students as well as professionals. She aims to show beginning and advanced students the versatility and adaptability of watercolors. Her work has been inspired by such instructors as Dan Lutz, Paul Sample and Paul Frankl. She has also received instruction from Robert E. Wood, Don Foster, Leslie B. DeMille, Robert Landry, Darwin Duncan, Vera Arnold and Bill Bender. As a result of attending Craffton Hills seminars, she also received a great deal of personal instruction from Robert Hiram Meltzer. Bennett has had one woman shows in San Morino, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Gallery West in San Bernardino, the Barstow College Library and the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce Gallery. She has participated in such national shows as the Kentucky and Albuquerque, NM Watercolor Societies. Her work was featured in a Banner Show sponsored by the Western Association of Art Museums which was seen at museums throughout the U.S. and Canada for a period of 12 years. When she was in New York, her work was in the Design-Interior and Industrial Design Show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Her award winning paintings are in private and public collections throughout the world, including the Riverside Art Museum, the Lancaster Art Museum, the Yucca Valley’s Nature Museum (all in Southern California), and the Settle/Minshew Galleries in Gulf Breeze, FL. A member and founder of fine arts organizations, she believes that fine arts and culture is much needed in today’s society, particularly in the lives of children. Bennett can always be found in the midst of all local art organization functions volunteering her services. Among these organizations, to name a few, have been the High Desert Cultural Arts Foundation, LaQuinta Art Foundation, Art Center in Palm Springs and the Women In Arts Center in Victorville. This exhibition begins a triennial series in honor of Trever Bennett. send comments or questions about the gallery to
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