Gar Benedick

Gar’s passion in photography, and in life, is to make the invisible, visible. He takes the everyday ordinary patterns in life and changes the way we see them, the way we feel them. He would say, “The photograph finds me and I become the vehicle through which the art finds its way to the print.”

Gar grew up on a small farm in Pennsylvania. There he learned about hard work and the connection we all have with the land and mother earth. His love of the outdoors and nature prompted him to engage in an education in Landscape Architecture with a degree from Penn State University.

After college, he used photography as a creative outlet starting strictly with black and white. When he moved to Southern California in the mid 70’s, he studied under Arthur Taussig and John Upton at Orange Coast College. Not seeking a degree, Gar was free to explore at his own pace, in his own way. From there he worked in photography, design and media production for over 35 years.

Gar fell in love with the notion of stopping time and taking another, closer look at everyday life. He noticed he would focus on the things most people never see. “I am moved more by exploring the details of the obvious, then I am of the obvious itself.” Gar has b...

Gar has a degree in Landscape Architecture from Penn State University. He is self taught in photography.

2018
May - Show opening during Art Walk, May 3rd, in Laguna at Shelia Olsen Fine Art Gallery. My work was shown in the main gallery for the remainder of the month of May.
April - Online exhibition through FusionArtps.com – Theme: Open - Two fine art abstract acrylic paintings accepted
March - Online exhibition through FusionArtps.com – Theme: Color - Two fine art abstract original photographs accepted
January - Three abstract paintings published in Jan/Feb issue of ArtAscent Magazine (online and print) – Theme: Portraits
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2017
December - Online exhibition through FusionArtps.com – Quarterly Group Art Exhibition - Theme: Photography - Three fine art abstract original photographs were accepted
September - Online exhibition through FusionArtps.com – Theme: Photography - Three abstract photo works of art accepted.
Aug - AIA ArtWalk, AIA annual networking art walk, Santa Ana, CA - One night event attended by local SoCal architects, designers and interior manufacturer reps. Juried entry event. Showed two works, "Dance", an acrylic painting and "Crayolors on the Loose", fine art photograph.
July - Online exhibition through Linus Gallery, Signal Hill, CA – Theme: Abstract
June - San Diego County Fair, CA - Abstract acrylic p...