Ashley Benton

Three Ceramic Sculptures: 'Three of a kind'

2021

Ashley is an American artist living in Savannah Georgia. Her work and practice is primarily mixed media paintings and sculptures with a focus on ceramics. “ My work begins with the subtle impressions left from living a life” Through Emotionally charged ideas and recurring imagery the viewer is encouraged to participate in a dialogue that hovers between dreams and reality inviting them to create their own story. ‘My work begins with the subtle impressions left from living a life. I use recurring imagery of rabbits, birds, wings, hoods and caps, flora even missing body parts almost like a key to a map. The recurring images can be symbolic of a tendency, a comment on a belief or an anecdote. While I am working it is like a private message between me and the piece, which becomes a public conversation inviting the viewer to have their own experience. Occasionally it turns out it is the same experience for the viewer as it was for me and this reveals our commonality. This is important to me because we all have our individual story. It lingers in the unconscious. My work can act as a retrieval cue. Stories, poems, songs, relationships are all there until I start to daydream getting out of the thinking mind. I can let any new version be told much like a writer of fiction. There are silver linings, dead ends, sharp curves, love, loss, vulnerability, blue skies, dark clouds, deep water and pretty little things...

Guardians of temples or shrines placed on each side of entrance, believed to ward off Evil Spirit’s. They look Angry, but not at You. They are Protecting you from Bad Spirits! The m...

From natural cold earth to gleaming high-fire surfaces, clay is the ancient anatomic medium. It is the medium in which time stands still, ideas are frozen, and yet a civilization is ...

Guardian dogs (Koma-Inu in Japanese) Guardians of temples or shrines placed on each side of entrance, believed to ward off Evil Spirits. They are Protecting you from Bad Spirits! Th...

Amy Young Black Bat Year: 2021 Material: Stoneware, underglaze Size: 18 x 11 x 6 inches Signed COA provided Ref.: 924802-794 (MADE TO ORDER - Lead time may ...

Amy Young Two Figures Year: 2020 Material: Stoneware, underglaze Size: 15 x 8 x 6 (each) Signed COA provided Ref.: 924802-797 ----------------------------...

Amy Young Girl with Serpent and Sunflowers Year: 2020 Material: Stoneware, underglaze, glaze, wire Size: 15 x 15 x 11 inches Signed COA provided Ref.: 924802-796 (MADE TO ORDER - Lea...

Amy Young Girl Spilling her Guts Year: 2020 Material: Stoneware, underglaze Size: 12 x 13 x 13 Signed COA provided Ref.: 924802-799 ----------------------------------------- Amy Yo...