Beverly Bennington's earliest memories are of drawing and painting, even creating a mural of horses on the family walls. Her artistic abilities were nurtured by her family of artists and pilots. Her Mother, a painter, had a particular impact on her work.

Born on the shores of Lake Michigan, Beverly Bennington was inspired to create images including great bodies of water, skies and clouds. As Beverly Bennington flew across country with her own private pilots, she her love of clouds, sunsets and sunrise was deeply impacted. Always fascinated by the magnificence of cloud formations and the endless horizons, she used her camera taking 1000s of photos that she uses as reference material in creating her artwork.

Beverly Bennington attended the Art Institute of Chicago, and Ray College of Design where she honed her eye for shape, line, color and dimension. In the design arena, she won national recognition and awards for her creativity and new concepts.

In her fine art, Beverly Bennington employs her oil paints as the Masters did, utilizing many thin layers to capture the ethereal beauty of the heavens and imbue her paintings with an atmospheric feeling that transmits the essence of the skyscapes she so loves. Her paintings glow with a warmth and sensitivity as well as a freedom of spirit that speaks to each of us.

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