Own a piece of Texas landscape art! "Twister" is a captivating 17" x 17" framed original oil painting on cradled panel by award-winning artist Sylvia Benitez. This sophisticated work captures the fleeting energy of a Texas storm through soft, atmospheric brushwork and luminous light.
Benitez is known for her "metaphorical landscapes" that balance movement with serenity. This signature example of contemporary landscape art comes from the prestigious Wally Workman Gallery, established in 1980.
Perfect for collectors, art enthusiasts, or anyone who appreciates the raw, quiet power of the Texas landscape.
About the artist...
Every day I observe a discreet majesty: rolling hills, big skies, long views, and jade-green rivers. I am inspired by South Texas: the expanse of the evasive sky—the smell of the mingled grasses. I love the rough field and the cow’s distant bellowing…the mist rising. Here, I’ve found an untamed land that is still relatively unmarred by modern footprint, and my painting tries to capture that. To that endeavor, my work ends up not being about one location. Instead, it morphs into an amalgam of collaged sightings–the many variations of landscape themes that I see all the time. These are etched onto my mind’s eye and then reassembled into something new and yet familiar. The resulting work marks time and is, in a way, a visual diary.
Widely exhibited, Sylvia Benitez is a nationally recognized artist, the recipient of many awards from numerous art granting foundations, including: an Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant, two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards, an AICA Award (Association of International Critics of Art for best exterior sculpture installation 1997, Puerto Rico), two National Endowment for the Arts Visiting Artist Fellowships, a Puffin Foundation Award, an Empire State Craft Award, two Sculpture Space Residencies, two MacDowell Colony Fellowships, and was the 2022 San Antonio Art League and Museum ARTIST OF THE YEAR. Other awarded artist colony residencies include Yaddo, VCCA, Ucross, Vermont Studio Center, and Altos de Chavon in the Dominican Republic.
