Linda Benenati

In the Garden of Vida, Original Painting

2020

Artist Comments
"The title of this piece is a play on the title of Iron Butterfly’s song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," says artist Linda Benenati. "Vida in the painting is surrounded by bright pansies and colorful birds. I often return to images of slightly vintage-looking women with animals and flowers."

About the Artist
Artist Linda Benenati creates playful, vintage styled encaustic portraits. Linda grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and studied English and Fine Art in college. After graduating, she continued to paint in oil and acrylic while pursuing a career as a graphic artist and writer in the tech industry. In 2010, an encounter with encaustic painting completely changed her art practice and she says it became her all time favorite medium. Today, Linda uses the molten wax exclusively to develop her humorous and personal scenes. "I am a collector of things, words, phrases and ideas," she explains. "I keep a notebook by the side of my bed and often ideas come to me in the middle of the night or even in dreams. Once I have an idea to illustrate or story I want to tell, I will collect images from multiple sources including magazines, the internet and taking photos." When she's not working in her home studio, Linda enjoys live theater and watching vintage film noir, where she finds inspiration in the costumes and set designs.

Words that describe this painting: figurative, cat, birds, figure, pansy, pansies, couch, reclined, chair, surreal, woman, pet, animals, animals, people, surrealism, encaustic artwork, purple

In the Garden of Vida
Linda Benenati
Encaustic artwork on wood
Natural wood edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2020
18 in. h x 12 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 0 oz.