Stephen Benedek

Although I have dabbled in visual art for decades , I only started to paint seriously after retirement from my "day job" as a family dentist. Since then , I have taken many workshops and classes , and after trying watercolors and acrylics , I have settled on oil for my pieces , which are almost entirely figurative.
I prefer to paint the human figure and portrait in a fairly realistic , accurate way , although sometimes in a somewhat abstract environment. The model is often portrayed in some sort of activity , usually requiring some skill and commitment; they may be musicians , acrobats , mothers , dancers , etc. Though I am well aware of the tragedies of life, my models are usually shown to be in a positive , transcendent state of my mind.