Bio

Tucson artist Greg Benson received a B.S. degree in studio art from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, in 1972. He is a founding member of Dinnerware Artists Cooperative, a non-profit exhibition space in Tucson.

Since 1975, Benson has been working on an ongoing series of mixed media works on paper and unstretched canvas. The boats, planes and cars Benson depicts are meant as symbols of mobility. Objects such as figures, animals and trees are isolated in his images, which allow the viewer to see each separate form from a different angle of vision. His work is characterized by an aerial perspective that is often found in naive or primitive art.