MAURA BENDETT
Take a look at a selection of Maura Bendett's monoprints — works that carry the twisting, vine-like energy of her sculpture onto paper. Drawing on a lifelong fascination with insects, tide pools, and plant life, each print blooms into an alien botany.
Featured Prints
"ph268" (2004) is a monoprint by Maura Bendett built from warm pinks, oranges, yellows, and salmon, with cool violet-blue and purple accents throughout. Sparkles, circular objects, and cell-like forms overlap to fill the surface edge to edge, held together by repeating accents that invite the eye to explore every corner. Printed on 22 × 29.5 inch paper.
"ph264" (2004) is a monoprint by Maura Bendett in warm pinks, oranges, and yellows with cool accents, where scattered circles and stars surround a loose tentacle-like form in the lower left. Each element is given room to breathe across the busy surface. Printed on 22 × 29.5 inch paper.
"ph278" (2004) is a monoprint by Maura Bendett set against a gradient that drifts from grayish blue at the top to bright yellow below. Crisp stars, circles, and wavy forms scatter across the surface, each holding its own space, with rounder shapes gathering to the left and starbursts to the right. Printed on 22 × 29.5 inch paper.
"Mushroom World" (2005) is an aquatint etching by Maura Bendett in which dark, smudged mushroom forms spring up from the bottom right and dissolve into lighter, loosely drawn shapes toward the upper left, with scattered spores guiding the eye across the surface. Printed on 13.25 × 17 inch paper.
View the Full CollectionThe works shown here represent only a small selection of Maura Bendett’s decades-long creative practice. Many more prints, paintings, and drawings are available to view in person at Christopher John Gallery & Josephine Press.
Book an appointment with John to explore the full collection, hear the stories behind the work, and discover the depth of Maura’s approach to process, material, and making.