Trudy Benson

I generated this printout as a reference for Paint, which is a part of an ongoing series of paintings inspired partly by early digital imaging software and partly by Albert Oehlen’s Computer Paintings series.  I wanted to recreate a line that did not reference the hand, but instead referenced the wonky and imperfect alliance of a finger on a laptop touchpad.  In Paint, the line was created by squeezing paint directly from the tube onto the canvas.  To me, this series is an argument in favor of painting, versus digital media.  Much of the canvas is left raw or only thinly painted, allowing chance and editing to be totally visible and inherently part of the final painting.  -Trudy Benson, 2012