“I am an American abstract painter known for my custom abstract colorization. My work reflects a feeling created within a color palette with an emphasis on the way colors touch, layer and affect one another. The vision is to create a mood within the art, adding a hint of a landscape or focal point, usually evoking a feeling of fluidity and emotion. My intentions are never to fully define a scene but to lead viewers in the use of their imagination and own life experiences to fill in the gaps...”

[All images are copyright protected 2016.]

“I am fortunate in that my love is to paint for spaces, not just for what I was inspired to paint but how it needs to feel for a buyer to be able to live and fall in love with a piece.”

Carol Benson-Cobb has evolved her body of work into a scaled gallery quality art company. Her passion started with an entrepreneurial spirit, painting rock star portraits for schoolmates. Over the years she developed a love for abstract and a niche by creating custom pieces with desired color palettes. Purchasing her first giclee printer in 2008, evolved not only her creative processes but scaled her art into a unique business model. Benson-Cobb [Studios] was launched in 2012, taking her first reproduction collection to market. By 2015 Benson-Cobb released a collection of fabric by the yard and wallpapers.

The John-Richard connection... It started with one infamous lamp, a painting called Dune and a great synergy of artist + manufacturer. The collaboration happened by accident and has since evolved into a brand partnership.

With the manufacturing expertise, exceptional quality and customer care of John-Richard, the Benson-Cobb Studio Collection of giclées will now be offered exclusively through the John Richard brand.