Transforming a Landscape Drawing into Metal!

Little Red School House Up On the Hill

The Cast Metal Process

'Little Red School House Up On the Hill' marker drawing.

Sculpted in plasticene clay, put in a wood flask, 
and ready for the sand mold.

Mixing resin bonded sand for first half of the mold.

Pouring wet sand onto sculpture.

Packing down the sand onto the sculpture 
to get good detail of the sculpture in the mold.

Pack down flat and smooth and let set up for 12 hours.

Flip mold over and make other half of the mold.

Mix sand.

Pack down firmly on top of other half of the mold 

and let set up for 12 hours.

Open up the mold.

Separate the two halves of the mold.

Remove the plasticene clay sculpture.

Carving into the sand mold to create "channels" for the liquid metal 

to flow to the sculpture.

Group Exhibition with VSA

New Colorful Prints of All Sizes Available

Size Price

5x7 5.00

8x10 10.00

11x17 15.00

18x24 20.00

(How to Order on right side)

My Circus Fruit I

My Circus Fruit II

My Peace Flower Pot with Colorful Flowers on a Brown Table in Front of a Stained Glass Window

Mother, Father and Three Babies

My Cabin Looking Over My Tree Forest with Running Stream

Tiger Tree

My Shirt Front

Greeting Cards Available Now!

5"x6.5" Greeting Cards
white cards and envelopes - individually wrapped
3.00 each
6 for 15.00

How to Order Your Cards
-see information below-

Choose from 10 images:



















1-Colorful Mountains



















2-Flower at Home















3-My Red School House Looking Over the Forest



















4-My King Bush Tree Next to a Stream and King Pin Mountains



















5-Grove of Trees















6-My Cabin in the Woods



















7-Mountain Shades and Colors of Volcanic Rock



















8-House in the Corner Next to the Freeway



















9-My Mountain Pass Looking Down at the Ocean and My Thumb Island















10-My Stained Glass

HOW TO ORDER:
1. Email your order and mailing address to allanhbenson@gmail.com
2. You will receive a confirmation email with the additional postage cost and address for you to send a check.
3. You mail a check.
4. Your order will be quickly delivered to you!

Colorful Magnets For Sale

My Paintings and Drawings Make Great Magnets!
5"x7" magnet $3.00 each
6 for $15.00

ORDER YOUR MAGNETS NOW!
-information below-

Choose from 5 images:





















Flower at Home in the Springtime






















Colorful Mountains






















My Bright Alone Trees


Voodoo Island










Al Franken-Michael Jackson

HOW TO ORDER:
1. Email your order and mailing address to allanhbenson@gmail.com
2. You will receive a confirmation email with the additional postage cost and address for you to send a check.
3. You mail a check.
4. Your order will be quickly delivered to you!

Powderhorn Art Fair 2010

ARTONAUTS -
a group of artists with (dis)abilities working with mentor, Sara Hanson.

Paintings and Drawings
-framed and matted works for sale-

Showing my work and hanging out with other artists was the greatest thing ever! It was fun to hear comments about my paintings. I enjoyed meeting other artists and seeing their work.

Munka Beans Coffee Shop Art Show in July

Shapes of the Land
paintings and marker drawings

Munka Beans Coffee Shop and Sunshine Cafe in downtown Hopkins

My first showing at a Coffee Shop and it was a great experience. Friends and family joined me for an opening celebration. The colors of the walls accented my paintings and my paintings brightened up the walls. I'd love to show more work there again. Thank you to Thomas, the owner.