Benjamin Howard is a painter who’s work seeks to explore the culture of everyday life infused with the fantastical. His paintings have connections with Pop Art, Surrealism, and Expressionism. Ben’s imagery is created using automatism with the exploration of graphic line and the organic, haphazard, application of paint. Between these gestures he employs social commentary and references current events presented in a playful reminiscence of a children's coloring book. His compositions are often grounded by tangible characters including people, architecture, innocuous icons of American life, and other worldly anthropomorphisms.