This year, Delbarton is blessed with seventeen artists in the Class of 2021. To give each of these talented young man the audience he deserves, we are highlighting each artist with a quotation from his artist's statement, a sample of his art and a link to his digital portfolio.

Our fourth featured artist is Gabriel Benz '21 who says this about his art: "During my junior year, I learned that I wanted to create some sort of abstract artworks, but also wanted things to flow and be controlled. I looked toward nature to help me with my inquiry because of its seemingly chaotic yet organized systems and structures. I knew I wanted to investigate aspects of how nature presented itself, but I felt that was not enough in itself. When studying my nature references, I realized that a lot of the shapes and forms that I found in nature were similar to the parts of the human body. Through my artwork I’ve been able to explore that relationship. By finding similarities within these two unlikely forms, I have truly discovered that we are all connected in some form or other."

Below a sample of Gabriel's art...

-- and here is a link to his complete digital portfolio!