Photography
Images since 2014
Ben takes photos of things he sees in the world, often digitally but sometimes with analogue film.
Bag & Apple, 2024
Staff kitchen, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
Staff kitchen, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
I Am Upside Down, 2024
Winchester
Winchester
Bathroom Moon and Cloud, 2024
Shower curtain and ceiling light, Winchester
Shower curtain and ceiling light, Winchester
Cornish Wall with Hagstones, 2023
Perranuthnoe
Perranuthnoe
Blues: Yves Klein Carpet and Floss Pick
Isaac Julien exhibition, Tate Britain, 2023
Isaac Julien exhibition, Tate Britain, 2023
Umbrella Spider, Southampton, 2023
Machine, London, 2023
Polaroid, Southampton, 2023
Watermelon, Winchester, 2023
Arches
Wedding bunting, beams, brick arch in mirror, Devon 2023
Wedding bunting, beams, brick arch in mirror, Devon 2023
Haze Curtain, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 2022
Goonhilly, 2021
Goggles, Itchen Way, 2021
Weir (i), River Itchen, Hampshire, 2021
Weir (ii), River Itchen, Hampshire, 2021
Stockbridge Down, Winchester, 2021
Rotten Trunk and Leaves, Hampshire, 2021
Rusted Steel Farm Building, Hampshire, 2021
Roofer, Winchester, 2020
Meeting Room, Southampton, 2020
Window Latch, Southampton, 2020
Park Road Railway Bridge at Twilight, Winchester, 2020
Den building, Winchester, 2020
Under Stairs, Fareham Station, 2020
Theatre Network Hub, Southampton, 2020
Flint Line, Winchester, 2020
Dye Composition, After Anya Gallacio, John Hansard Gallery, 2020
Shower Composition, Winchester, 2019
Shell Composition, Thurlstone, Devon, 2019
Driftwood Crevice Shelter, Lee on the Solent, 2019
Ice Creams, Hamble, 2017
Bee On Rose, Winchester, 2017
coastal erosion of gabion's, Dorset, 2017
Rainbow, Winchester, 2014
New Forest Tree, 2017
Massive Organ Failure, St Matthews Church, Winchester, 2019
Wyndham Court in Fog, Southampton, 2019
Light Projection, 2018
Street Composition: Green, Blue, Yellow, Winchester, 2018
Tide Composition, Thurlstone, Devon, 2018
Station Pillar Composition, Winchester, 2018
Glass and Shell Composition, Thurlestone, Devon, 2018
Accidental Baking Love, Winchester, 2017
Rockpool With Starfish, Cornwall, 2017
Sunset and Raindrops, Winchester, 2017
THE DARKNESS IS PAST, Memorial, Botley, 2017
Wellies And Glitter, Winchester, 2023
Boy With Plane, Winchester, 2014
Bishops Waltham Palace, 2014
Apocalypses
an ongoing series
Studio Views, 2023
experiments in black and white film
Colour studies, 2020-4
furniture, laundry and raincoats
Window reflections, 2022
Jewry Street Winchester from the bus stop
Pictures from a curious Devon holiday cottage, 2021
Gallery views, from 2007 ongoing
Pictures from behind the scenes at the galleries where I have worked, and some others.
Uprights, 2021
Juxtaposition of structural images
Images up to 2013
Fog, Winchester, 2013
Berries in Snow, London, 2013
Vines, Greenway, Devon, 2012
Structure in car park of Chateau Pontecoulant, France, 2012
Foam Shapes in the Garden, London, 2012
Port of Portsmouth, 2012
Fog, London Bridge, 2012
Football and Mating Moths, London, 2012
Pink Bucket, Pumpkins and Suzuki, Normandy, 2012
Icicles, London, 2010
Old Kent Road Composition, 2010
Chair Chapel, France, 2010
Foggy Window View, Devon, 2010
Madonna of the Stripes, Bermondsey, 2009
Another Bankside Gallery, 2008
Telegraph Hill Chair Donation, c.2008
Brockley Cemetery, 2008
Soft Toy Wash Day, New Cross, c.2008
Young Mountain (for Duncan), The Borough, c.2008
Success Action (International Phone Poster, New Cross), 2008
Crystal Global (International Phone Poster, New Cross), 2008
Tate Modern, 2008
Normandy Window, 2008
Three Buckets of Wood, Telegraph Hill, 2007
Coopers Road Flats during demolition, London, 2007
Borough Back Door, 2006
'Die Maler', Berlin, 2006
Hope Court Reflection, 2006
Milton Keynes Shopping Centre, 2006
Maija and Blom's bathroom with Shades and Devilhead, Brockley, 2006
Tate Kitchen Flowers, c.2006
Barbican Locks, 2005
Elephant and Castle Market 2005
Flats before demolition, Surrey Quays, 2005
Still Life with Pears, c.2005
Still Life with Peaches, c.2005
Dartboard and Skull Balloon, Deptford, c.2005
Ile de la Cité, 2004
Railway Tracks, St. Emilion, 2003
Plaster Arse and Ironwork, Courtauld, c.2003
Telegraph, Penzance c.2003
Behind the Scenes, Le Barroux Chateau, France c.2003
Swans at Fareham Creek, c.2003
Storm over Kender Triangle, 2003
Hallway with Mirror, Lights and Bikes, Stamford Hill, 2000
Adrian's Electronics Project, 2000
Shoreditch Diner, 1999
Window composition, Chocolate Factory Wood Green, 1999
A Tale of Two Cities compsition, 1999
Existing (Tottenham), 1998
drawings, collage
Works on paper
Ballpoint pen on paper
This whimsical play on words had been going around in my head for a while when I decided to create a cartoon, which was on a letter to my good friend and fellow artist Nicole Mollett. If you struggle to read the text please click to enlarge the image.
Nose Counselling Headphones, 2024
Untitled, 2022
20 blank white areas torn from the pages of art magazines, masking tape
16 Shades of Grey, 2022
16 grey areas torn from the pages of art magazines,
record turntable
Lordship Lane, 2021
(After Camille Pissarro)
Acrylic on Paper
As featured in the 'Afters' show online exhibition. After a painting by Pissarro from roughly in the same location about a century earlier, now in the collection of the Courtauld Gallery in London.
Read more about this on the exhibition website.
Heavy is the Head, 2020
Outcome from a lockdown postal collaborative drawing project.
Railway Sleepers
An ongoing series
Moby Dick, 2020
mixed media work using card, paper, tape and ink. Became the inspiration for a sound piece (see in music and video section)
Paint Colour Stories
circa 1998
A slide show of collages
Nomad of Land And Sea, Collaged magazine images on card, 2024
Evangelista, Prepare For Disaster, Collaged magazine images on card, 2024
Why Is It So Hard / Get Out, Collaged magazine images on card, 2024
Sparkly Accessory / Cut Diamond / Bright Space, Collaged magazine images on card, verso text 'reflects the things we love / It just needed a fresh eye to make it work', 2023
The Collector In The Frame, Collaged art magazine images on card, circa 2023
Fashion / Fashion, Collaged magazine images on card, 2024
Stepping Out, Collaged magazine images on card, 2024
The Smallest Gesture, Collaged magazine images on photocopied Asian newspaper, bottom text reads ' For a second you almost believed us, didn't you.', circa 2020
Take Time Inspiring, collaged magazine images on broken card box lid, 2014
Living, Collaged magazine images and photocopies on card, 2023
Only A Handful Would Survive, Ink on hand photocopied, 1998
Window Composition, enlarged photocopy on window, 1998
Icarus, Ink and news image collages on card on wall, 1998
Sanguine Grrr, cover, photocopier collaged fashion images and words compiled into a book, 2000
Sanguine Grrr, page 4, photocopier collaged fashion images and words compiled into a book, 2000
Sanguine Grrr, page 5, photocopier collaged fashion images, nightclub flyer and words compiled into a book, 2000
Sanguine Grrr, page 12, photocopier collaged fashion images and words compiled into a book, 2000
Sanguine Grrr, page 16, photocopier collaged fashion images and words compiled into a book, 2000
A slide show of earlier drawings from fashion magazine images
Tower Block (i), fashion drawing on news print enlargement, ink and felt tip pen on photocopy, 1999
Tower Block (ii), architecture drawing on fashion magazine, Ink on magazine, 1999
Scarf / Briefs, fashion and architecture drawing, ink on gloss painted card, circa 2000
London Supine, fashion drawing on newspaper, Ink on newsprint, 1999
New York Hesitation, fashion drawing on news image, Felt tip pen on newsprint, 1999
Swimsuit Issue, fashion drawing, ink on paper, 1999
Staircase Repose, fashion drawing on architecture newsprint, Ink on newsprint, 1999
Girlfriend, fashion drawing, ink on paper, 1999
Hairdryer, fashion drawing on news image, Ink on newsprint, 1999
Hitman, fashion drawings, Ink on paper, 1999
Fashion Dining Hall, architecture drawing on fashion magazine, ink on newsprint, 1999
Eye / Elbow, fashion drawing, Ink on paper, 1999
Up, fashion drawing, Ink on paper, 1999
Eye, fashion drawing, Ink on paper, 1999
Pair of Legs, fashion drawing, ink on paper, 1999
A slide show of earlier drawings and paintings on paper
Garden View, Watercolour on paper, circa 2011
Drawing from CCTV images, Ink on paper, 2018
Jardin Tuilleries, Paris, pencil on paper, circa 2003
Queen of the Night, Ink on paper, used for album cover 'Bad Bulbs' by Samneric, 2004/5
New Years Day still life drawing, 2018
'Is the voyeur's city real enough?' (ii), 2006
'Is the voyeur's city real enough?' (i), 2005
Tate Office, drawing, 2010
St Malo sketch (iv), 2002
Pumpkin Headed Jet Fighter, Ink and felt tip pen on gloss paint on card, 2000
Office drawing on fax page, 1999
Light Drawing, 1999
How To Be A Millionaire, ink on paper, circa 2008
Dorset coastal view, watercolour on card, circa 2014
Monoprints after Picasso' Guernica (ii), 1996
Drips, biro pen on paper, 1996
Streetlights, pencil on paper, 1996