One of my most favorite artists is visiting us today, Sally King Benedict. Yippiiiieeeee!
I orginally discovered some of Sally’s paintings while browsing Angie Hranowsky’s blog, and I was instantly smitten. She and I exchanged some emails, mainly me gushing over her and embarrassing myself. And I’ve shared her work here on the blog a couple of times.
Then randomly we met while at a party here in Charleston. And I gushed some more about her greatness.
LLL: We’re catching a jet to Barcelona. What do you want to do first?
Sally: Throw our bags at the hotel and stroll through Barri Gotic….the most beautiful area in the city, stop in a sidewalk cafe for a long, late lunch, then off to the Museu Picasso.
Sally: a wash and blow-out
Sally: We do have a large collection of my own art, but its constantly changing and being moved around. I love finding modern, colorful pieces from the 50’s/60’s. We have a white house with white walls for the most part…so all the color lies in the art. I would sell everything in our house for 1 Helen Frankenthaler. At the moment, we are hunting for a large-scale photograph…dying for a sam kweskin or neil krug.
LLL: From where do you draw your inspiration for your pieces?
Sally: Currently, anything that involves soaking up the sun.
Sally: My wedding of course! It was the most beautiful, wonderful, happy, loving day. I am reminded every morning when I see my sweet husband.
Sally: I definitely have a few style icons! My grandmother is no.1-she is always dressed impeccably. Brigitte Bardot, India Hicks, Erin Wasson, and my one and only man, Yves Saint Laurent.
Sally: Opening Ceremony, Barneys, Ann Mashburn, Hampden, J.Crew, Pearl, Capitol, Thrift and Vintage.
Sally: Spend time in the south of france, work on a dude ranch, go to africa, publish a book.
LLL: Who would you most like to have purchase your art for their home?
Sally: Simon de Pury.
Thanks so much to Sally for visiting today. The pieces that I’ve shared here today don’t even begin to scratch the surface of her work. So go check out her website. And for those of you in the Charleston area, Sally is having an art show on Thursday, May 19th at Stems (fabulous local floral shop) downtown. I’ll be there, would *love* to see some of you there.
I’ll leave you with one of my favorite pieces by Sally, titled “Face It“. Appropriately titled because it rocks my face off.
LOVE her! She’s one of my favorites as well!
Love her. Love you. Love the interview. Perfection!
Love! I’ll have to stop by and see her work on May 19th.
In love with Sally’s ‘Hot Pink’ painting! Would certainly liven up a room ;)
xx Cristina
Loving these abstract paintings!! So bright and cheery!!
This is what they call the “pretty” abstract ;)
ahhh i love her work! charleston has so many talented beauties! lovely interview :)
hehe..rock your face off…you silly funny girl! SO glad I’m back to following my fav blogs today and I didn’t miss this cute Q&A with Sally! She is amazing woman and I’m so happy to call her my friend too:)! WIsh I was there May19th:(
xoxoxo to both of you blondies:)
I have a new obsession now… I have seen some of her paintings and LOVE her colorful style.
OK…whoa…her work is brilliant…I love it so much I am sick that I don’t have one.
Beautiful work!
I have loved, loved, loved her work for a while now. She is simply amazing, and seems pretty nice as well. :) This was a great post.
her pieces are awesome. i studied art history in college, so this post really spoke to me : )
great blog – i’m your newest follower!
cheers,
cailen
http://www.cailenascher.blogspot.com
What a great interview! I love her work-she is such a talented artist!
Her art is beautiful! And so is she. Gorgeous! Loved the interview, Chassity!
Love, love, lover Sally’s art!! I held an art camp last summer and I had all the children help paint a piece of art for me to keep based on one of her paintings. It is my favorite piece of art. Loved this interview!!
i ‘pinned’ one of these paintings…i’m new to pinterest and i hope i did it right [gave the correct credit]. let me know if i should change anything.
http://pinterest.com/jancers/pins/
thanks for introducing me to sally and her art– LOVE!
Lovely artwork. Love the colors in the top piece. You both look so cute in that picture!
xxLily
goldandgray.com
Talented, gorgeous, and stylish??? I can see where your girl crush comes from (c: The use of color is so awesome and I love the fun element that they would lend to a room…she really is amazing!
Amazing artwork! And you both look stunning!
Loved this, Chassity. Um, first off, I’m enamored with her booties. Want!
Her art is vibrant and fun as well. Gah, I just want more and more art!
Love her art and this interview! Thanks for sharing with us. xo
amazing art! i love this! :)
natalieoffduty.blogspot.com
I love, love the color used. I also really enjoy the line quality in the gesture figure drawing… I LOVE this artist! Thanks for sharing… (she also has pretty FABULOUS style!)
abodelove.blogspot.com
How beautiful! I love love love the colors she uses! Stunning.
LOVING her work! Especially the first two!
Gorgeous work and fab interview!! Love that last work “Face It”! Awesome title!
Her paintings are beautiful. Enjoyed the interview.
Thanks for sharing! I’ll have to stop by her show and see all her work in person. I love the bright colors and bet they are even better in the flesh.
Love learning about new artists and seeing their work. Great interview.
She’s so very cool! Thanks for sharing her with us! I have seen her work here in the blogworld and love it!
Love this interview and her artwork. Thank you so much for the introduction, her work is incredible.
wow, her art is amazing! I especially love the first two. I’m a pink & green girl at heart, but like that it’s modern and not so preppy.
Isn’t Sally the best! Gorgeous, talented and super nice – thw whole package. Just hung out with her yesterday at a Birthday party. I loveed this interview, thanks for sharing. Heres to hoping one day we will each have a piece of her art in our house. I will def be at her show! BTW how was Prince? I need details.
Oh my goodness, this is so fabulous. I adore her artwork- that yellow and pink was is insane. Loved the interview…totally perfect start to my day- high fives.
I love the blog world for things like this – I have been finding amazing artists lately on different blogs and have been able to purchase some amazing things for my new apartment. I’ll have to definitely see if I can incorporate Sally’s work into my new home!
p.s – check out my awesome giveaway on the blog today! Cory Renee Clutch Giveaway!
Her art is amazing. I’d already figured out where I would hang most of the pieces you featured :) Gorgeous and a lovely interview.