Artistaday.com - Find new contemporary art, create your own gallery of art
Artistaday.com - Find new contemporary art, create your own gallery of art
'Sentinels'
Acrylic on canvas
'Automated Overlord'
Acrylic on canvas

* All images used with permission. Please do not distribute without first contacting the artist.


About Ben


Ben Tankard is a painter from the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia who was featured in the 2012 Sulman Prize and 2012 Mosman Prize. He studied fine arts at the University of Western Sydney, graduating in 2000.

Ben paints in acrylics and oils, on canvas and board, and dabbles in digital artwork. His inspiration is drawn from artists such as Rick Amor, Mark Tansey, Nicholas Harding, Robert Hannaford and Eric Fischl.


Ben appears in the following Top 10 lists


'Australia'

'2013'

'@Facebook'

'LOL'


10 of 12 reactions displayed


"New ,refreshing insights .Ben is a brilliant artist."

"My take; We're entering an area that is not exactly as advertized."

"they look like the little eco light bulbs"

"looks like something straight out of a dream, its amazing!"

"ehh.... i dont like it that much"

"AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIGHT BULB"

"Let's see...painterly, visually believable and relevantly provocative. See, contrived work CAN be appealing!"


"amazing"

"Ben, your artist site is not opening well. LIKE your work. Ron"


Previous artist


artistaday instagram artistaday pinterest