Check Out Ben Law’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Ben Law. 

Hi Ben, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I can’t say there was ever a time in my life when I wasn’t creating art. Like most artists as soon as I could pick up something to create art with I was doing so. Scribbles and doodles and everything else all throughout my childhood and into my teen years. I always enjoyed the feeling it gave me and was always a habit I couldn’t imagine shaking. One of the only things I fondly remember from school was all the notebooks I filled with doodles and all the margins I scribbled over. Art was never something I tied to my emotions until my late teen years. Prior to that my art was always just a habit, certainly something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, but it was more just pure imaginative fun. In my late teen years my childhood finally caught up with me, things left unsaid, feelings left unfelt, a life I wasn’t prepared to live. I was a fish out of water and I was struggling to breathe. The only thing that kept me anchored was the thing I knew I felt something doing… Taking inspiration from the music I adore, and the musicians who lived through similar pains and created some of the most gorgeous sounding music I have ever heard… I figured I could do the same with my form of expression. So, I put myself into my art. True expressions of my soul laid down on paper. Since that time, I have not stopped. My raw emotions and art have not separated. I always strive to put what I find to be beautiful and pure onto paper. The very lines themselves my own visual poetry. My work has been described as dark, but with a little bit of hope. I find that perfectly describes what I am doing with my work. I still carry a lot of pain, but I always hope that there is more on the other side of the pain that life brings. I hope to resonate with people who are struggling along with me. Stuck in a place of confusion and anguish but enamored with everything life means to them. I’m unsure of where I’m going but I’m sure it will be somewhere beautiful. 

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not, what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
No road is without a few bumps. I’m not even sure what road I’m on frankly. My art is something I have done for myself and will continue to do. My art career has not even started I would say. I am still a rather unknown figure in my community and beyond. With my art as a whole, I struggled with being consistent with my art for a few years, but in the last year I’ve found what art really, truly means to me. In doing so I’ve found it much easier to create. I do it for the sheer pleasure, never focusing on the results and always taking note of where I can improve. It will always be there for me when I need it. I hope to someday start a career with it, hopefully finding a group of people who appreciate what I practice. 

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am a traditional physical medium artist, self-taught in schooling. I have no specialty medium, but I’m skilled with; ink, pencil, oil pastel, and both acrylic/oil paints. In style, I am an abstract/expressionist. Focusing on evoking emotions both in the image and the very lines themselves, however always with my own unique lens on the human form and others. I am also heavily inspired by the music I listen to and the emotions they evoke in me. 

I am most proud of myself taught abilities; I have not received any classical training in art. This has given me a very unique style and approach in my work. I have a lot to learn but I am already very excited with my work and can’t wait to see where it goes in 5/10/20 years. 

This in turn sets me apart from others, sure we are all unique in the way we create. That’s what makes art so everlasting. I just seem to have found myself in a space where I am heavily influenced by sound/feeling to create my images. Little planning goes into my works, I find most of them as I go. 

We’d love to hear about any fond memories you have from when you were growing up?
Most of the things I remember fondly always involve music/art. My parents blasting music as loud as they could on late nights might sound horrible to others. To me, it brings a smile to my face. Getting in trouble for drawing on the desks at school when I didn’t have any paper and was made to clean all the desks in the room…worth it every time. Lots of little moments like that. 

Pricing:

• 9×12 Works: $100-$150
• 11×14 Works: $180-$250
• Larger Works $250+
• Commissions start at $50 +hours taken
• Always taking offers on my pieces, always want to see them go to great homes!

Contact Info:

• Email: burntout.art.official@gmail.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burntout.art/?hl=en