Spotlight Artist

Benjamin Terry

West
Artist profile photo
Featured in New American Paintings

Artist Statement

My work plays with the various thoughts and emotions that pass through my mind at any given moment. Working with memory, fantasy, dreams, and time, I use multiple selves to create a narrative sequence that reflects on ideas of internal conflict, self doubt, and emotional trauma. My painted figures escape the confines of naturalism and begin to merge and duplicate, while some are completely obliterated or left as faint drawings. Like a memory or dream, parts of the narrative become blurred or fragmented—and the original thought is always transformed.

Artist's Additional works

Works shared by the artist outside of their featured New American Paintings selections

Featured artwork
Featured artwork

Discover more artists from the West

THE MAGAZINE

Explore our magazine to discover exceptional artists

Open magazine with text, modern illustrations, and a list of artists on a pink background.
View issues

Call for Artists

Submit your work for consideration

New American Paintings is a juried exhibition-in-print and digital, presenting the work of 40 emerging artists in each issue.

View competitions

Your gateway to new art

Discover tomorrow's art stars, today

Two books on a wooden table with a modern decorative sculpture in the background.

PRINT + EARLY ACCESS DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION

$179/YEAR

DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION

$99/YEAR OR $10/MONTH

Each issue of New American Paintings features forty artists selected through our juried competitions—presented in a beautifully curated, full-color publication. Subscribers receive six issues per year, plus exclusive online access to current and past editions. Are you a collector? Consider our premium subscription and receive our museum-quality printed publication + access to each new digital issue two weeks before its general release.