Benjamin Butler at Klaus von Nichtssagend

Just when he thinks he’s had enough of painting trees, Benjamin Butler – a Brooklynite transplanted to Vienna – finds a fresh approach to take or problem to solve as with ‘Green Forest,’ for which the merest suggestion of branches turns a pattern of stripes into a dense copse of trees. (At Klaus von Nichtssagend on the Lower East Side through June 8th).

Benjamin Butler, Green Forest, oil on linen, 23.6 x 19.7 inches 2013.