art by bennett

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My journey with objects began when I discovered the boxes of Joseph Cornell. Something deep within me stirred and I thought, that’s for me.

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Currently, many of my assemblages speak to the struggles of our humanity—shining a light on histories and realities often ignored or forgotten.

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Some works confront the horrors of slavery in the United States, others give voice to the unhoused, the hungry, the marginalized. Through these pieces, I aim to create beauty, and to bear witness—to honor the dignity, resilience, and pain of those often overlooked.

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For over two decades, I’ve been captivated by the quiet poetry of forgotten things—vintage utensils, rusted nails, broken dolls, battered tin cans, weathered wood.​

 

These bits and pieces, saved from the choked landfills, find new life in my assemblages. Each piece I create is a meditation on a quiet act of environmental rebellion—honoring the beauty in the discarded; the potential in what’s been left behind.

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