Artist Spotlight: Benee Winkel

BENEE WINKEL IS A RENEGADE, A NON-CONFORMIST, A FIGHTER, AND A PLETHORA OF OTHER THINGS, BUT ABOVE ALL SHE’S AN ARTIST. AT 20 YEARS OLD, BENEE HAS BEEN DEFINING HER OWN STYLE EVEN IF IT IS SELF DESCRIBED AS NAIVE. FUELED BY HER EMOTIONS BENEE POURS HER HEART AND SOUL INTO ALL OF HER WORKS EACH MORE RIVETING THAN THE LAST. IN HER OWN WORDS “WITHOUT ART I WOULD DIE.”

Some of Benee’s Work

“ALL OF MY PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN PAINTED WITH RED, YELLOW, BLUE, AND WHITE.”

- BENEE WINKEL

WATCH AND LISTEN TO OUR INTERVIEW WITH BENEE AS SHE EXPLAINS HER TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WHILE SHOWCASING HER ART AT HER OUTDOOR STUDIO AMONG THE ROCKS.

FOLLOW BENEE

INSTAGRAM: @BENEEART

TWITTER: @WINKEL_B

SHOT & EDITED BY

KATIE PRIEST & CIARA DE ALBA

TWITTER

KATIE: @weirdlykatie

CIARA: @CIARADEALBA

this article was originally published in The Breeze Paper www.thebreezepaper.com