MJ BENSON ARTIST
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BEHIND THE SCENES
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Radio Maine Interview with Dr. Lisa Belisle - December 3, 2021

See it here on YouTube
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Artist Story - February 2022

The story of how I became an artist, what influences and drives me, the history of how I’ve come to this place in time with my art.
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Maine Audubon Brush With Nature Plein Air Paint Auction

September 18th-26th, 2021

Artist Mother Podcast Talk
February 2021

A 10 minute talk about my work, and how I became a full-time artist


Studio Painting, Making Snow with Encaustics & Oils - January 2021


Experimental Studio Projects 2021

One Brush, One Paint, One Hour - Meditations during online calls and webinars
Liberace’s Landscape - glass, stone, pearl and acrylic on canvas
Museum of Beadwork Beaded Square Project 2021
Experiments with weaving - linen, wool, glass, cotton, painting trimmings
Earth pigment experiments...gathering, grinding, soon to be incorporated into oils and encaustics.
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Solidarity Book Project with
​Sonya Clark, Amherst College



​Portland Art Gallery Talk
November 2020

(scroll down to archived November opening)
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Plein Air Painting - August 2019

Trundy Point - Cape Elizabeth, ME
with my painter sister, Peggy Gyulai
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Studio Process

Painting in the studios...I’m lucky to have a large studio to use for my bigger works, as well as my smaller space at home.
Some quick time lapse shots here to give you an idea of the process...all of my work starts out with bright underpaintings,
​over which there are layers and layers of color and texture.
These were both shot during the early weeks of a chilly May, 2019.

Paint for Preservation 2017
Plein Air Painting

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