Rewards update: If I raise $4000 by the deadline, I will make another original woodcut print edition based on a work from Italy and send it to all the backers!

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Hey there! Thanks for looking at my project. My goal is to produce a lot of work in an immersive and inspiring context that will continue to influence me in years to come. I am going to an artist residency program in Civita Castellana, Italy this summer from July 15th to August 28th for an intensive 6-weeks of constant painting. I am really excited. Many great painters from the past have toured and painted this area, including Corot, Ingres, and Turner. Most of the work I do will be landscape based, but there might be other subjects as well, including copies of other works.

I am using kickstarter for two reasons: 1) the residency program does not pay for anything, so I have to cover the costs of supplies, studio and living expenses for 6-weeks, which averages out to around $6,500, and kickstarter is a good way to help with a small part of the costs, and 2) I am going to be producing a lot of work during my 6-weeks and I thought it would be nice to have people I could send the work to as thanks for being willing to help me out a little. Kickstarter is an all or nothing endeavor, so the goal has to be met for me to get any funding, so if you know anyone who might be interested in this project, please tell them or share a link to it! Also, if the goal gets met or not, thanks so much for your willingness to help me with this!

The rewards I can offer fall into four categories:

Woodblock print (this allows me to make many copies of the same image by hand, 4x6)

Drawing (executed in charcoal or graphite, varying size)

Color sketch (like a drawing done with oil paint or watercolor, varying size),

Painting (Fully realized paintings, varying size)



Paintings: Color sketch: Drawings: Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about what your contributions will be going to, or any questions at all for that matter, and also check out the website of the program I am going through: JSS in Civita. If you would like to see some more of my work, please go here. Thanks! Benjamin

I am placing some images of examples of work I've done in most of these categories before. There are always variations in quality, size and subject matter that come with the territory, so these are just to give an idea.