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A Selection of Works
Les Eaux (The Waters), oil on canvas, 48 x 74 inches (122 x 188 cm)
The Hidden Empire, oil on canvas, 101 x 101 cm (40 x 40 in)
Aux Arbres, oil on canvas, 146 x 198 cm (58 x 78 inches)
The Shores, oil on wood panel, 120 x 120 cm (48 x 48 in)
Nocturna meditatio, oil on canvas, 61 x 76 cm, 24 x 30 in
The Imagined Paradise, oil on panel, 30.5 cm round (12 in)
As Thoughts Emerge, Oil on panel,18 x 24 inches (46 x 61 cm).
The Two Shores (Venus Anadyomene), oil on canvas, 70 x 68 inches (177 x 172cm)
"My Thoughts were engulfed by Fields and Oceans (Penelope)", oil on canvas, 68 x 72 in (170 x 180 cm).
"Adrift such as Icebergs Are", encaustic on panel, 24 x 48 inches (60 x 120 cm)
Queen of Melting Icebergs, pastel and acrylic marker on paper, 74 x 48 in. (185 x 120 cm)
Le Château de cartes (House of Cards), oil on panel (right), encaustic on panel (left), 16 x 32 in (40 x 80 cm) diptych
Le Corps dissimulé, oil on panel, encaustic, collage and pastel on panel 16 x 32 inches (40 x 80 cm)
Butterflies in Winter, encaustic on panel, 24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm)
The Denial of Danae, oil on canvas, 44 x 96 inches (110 x 240 cm). Discussion of the iconography of this work is here: http://www.franciscobenitez.com/iconography-of-a-painting.html
Pink Girl (Amelia), oil on canvas, oval 20 x 24 inches
Lucille, encaustic on wood panel, 24 x 24 inches
Tattoo Girl, encaustic on wood panel, 24 x 24 inches
Mea Silva, encaustic on panel, 20 x 16 inches
Flora, encaustic, pastel on panel, 16 x 16 in (40 x 40 cm)
La Comtesse with Floating Thoughts, oil and graphite watercolor over Italian gesso on board, 36 x 36 in (92 x 92 cm)
Le Jardin imaginaire, oil on gessoed panel, 36 x 36 (92 x 92 cm).
My Diaphanous Musings, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches (92 x 92 cm)
Cities in my Mind, oil on canvas, 22 x 22 in (55 x 55 cm).
We Are Not What We Once Were, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in (60 x 40 cm)
Departure, oil on panel, 24 x 20 inches (60 x 50 cm)
Inner Sanctum, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches (92 x 92 cm)
Contemplation of Objects without Body, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in (75 x 60 cm)
The Geographer, oil on panel, 36 x 30 inches (92 x 75 cm)
Volto, encaustic on panel, 36 x 36 in (92 x 92 cm)
La Cité des anges, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in
Gli Occhi di Lucia, Oil on canvas, 24 inches oval (61 cm.)
Ma Jungle intérieure (My Interior Jungle), oil on canvas, 180 x 116 cm (71 x 46 in). Closeup viewable on Oil Painting http://www.franciscobenitez.com/oils.html
Je Survole le monde, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
La Comtesse, oil on canvas, 54 x 38 in. (135 x 95 cms)
Phaedra and Hippolytus, encaustic and enamel on canvas, 75 x 65 inches (188 x 163 cm)
Doña Inés in a Forest, oil on panel, 40 x 30 in (100 x 75cms)
Doña Inés with a Flower, charcoal, ink, sepia, conté on watercolor paper, 56 x 48 in. (140 x 120 cm)
Pulling the Plug (Doña Inés and Maidservant), oil on canvas, 78 x 94” (195 x 235 cm)
Doña Inés in an Industrial Landscape, oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches