Fine Art

Poet and/the Bench collection of modern, contemporary artworks expresses beauty and emotion, inspires people, and creates a sense of place. Emerging and independent artists of fine art minimalist paintings of farmhouses and barns; modern portrait paintings; expressive abstract paintings; and toy-like animal sculptures.
We specialize in an intimate presentation of contemporary fine art from emerging and established artists with an emphasis on narrative.
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Austyn has taken her high vibration happiness bunnies to canvas! This is Gum Drop, a folk-pop character from Austyn Taylor’s imagination painted in oil on canvas. Spreading joy, love, optimism and hope!
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Austyn has taken her high vibration happiness bunnies to canvas! This rabbit is Fruit, a folk-pop character from Austyn Taylor’s imagination painted in oil on canvas. Spreading joy, love, optimism and hope!
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Austyn Taylor's study of Quack, a rocking duck, is a play on the quintessential rocking horse. A new series of paintings on canvas.
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Austyn Taylor's study of the quintessential rocking horse on canvas. A new series of paintings.
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Austyn Taylor / Fine Art / Painting / Waffle
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Ethel is a big bird and part of Austyn Taylor's Happy Team. A standing blue bird sculpture with thumbprint texture!
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Everyday Bunny is the newest fun folk-pop character from Austyn Taylor’s imagination, spreading joy, love, optimism and hope with it's pop of pink!
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Austyn Taylor / Fine Art / Sculpture / Good Friend / Blue Bear Head
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Austyn Taylor Yellow Clay Ceramic Rocking Horse Sculpture. I love the existential nature of the 'rocking horse' as a metaphor for the existence of all living things
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Oswald is a fab yellow giraffe with two faces. Part of Austyn's Happy Team, this sculpture has individually applied texture!
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Sparta is a big red pony and part of Austyn's Happy Team. A four-legged strong sculpture with thumbprint texture!
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Austyn Taylor / Fine Art / Sculpture / Tim
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We love the naked clay and Mayan influence in Austyn Taylor's newest fun folk-pop character, Virgil. Find amusement in the textural details, claws and smile and bring him home as part of your family!
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Austyn Taylor Yellow Giraffe! Oscar is a bright yellow Giraffe with fabulous proportions by Austyn Taylor. Austyn works at the intersection of contemporary art, history and pop culture.
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Good Sign by Danielle Hutchens. Inspired by in the book The Alchemist, Santiago is given two stones, one black and one white, used to answer questions. But he's advised to look within to get the answers
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Lagoon, abstract landscape painting by Danielle Hutchens. A memory painting of the Malibu surf at sunset.
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A seascape abstract painting, Looking With New Eyes, by Danielle Hutchens. This painting is beautifully layered, having been worked over time by the artist until she achieved a particular tonal expression. We love the pop of color in the red sun.
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Inspired by the landscape and coasts of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Lookout, by artist and surfer Danielle Hutchens.
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Danielle Hutchens / Fine Art / Painting / Moroccan Sands
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In her painting Rochelle, Danielle Hutchens incorporates forms that echo the organic setting around her, including a nod to her ceramics practice. Danielle naturally blends her practices and media. We love the neutral tones punctuated by a pop of dusty blue.
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Inspired by the shapes of Oaxaca and the colors of Cuyama, The Back Way, by Danielle Hutchens.
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The First Way, Abstract Painting by Danielle Hutchens. Natural Pigments, charcoal + colored pencil on unprimed canvas
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The Mess We Made, abstract painting by Danielle Hutchens. Details and texture, color and composition, convey a wide range emotions– a departure from reality. We love the neutral tones of acrylics punctuated by oil pastels
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Inspired by the shapes of Oaxaca and the colors of Cuyama, The Other Way, by Danielle Hutchens.
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Pigments and shapes collected on a hike inspired Your Own Way, an abstract painting by Danielle Hutchens. The artist infuses nature into her materials, memories and sketches.
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The Vol 10 female figure, Rising, is emotional. Burnt wood, mounted on stone.
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This new series follows the shapes of the fallen wood Denise has collected. Vol 11 is a standing male figure, mounted on steel to hang on the wall. From the artist: "I am captivated by the human figure and the way a gesture can speak to us. A simple truth through simple forms, this is what inspires me to create sculptures."
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This new series follows the shapes of the fallen wood Denise has collected. Vol 12 is a standing female figure, mounted on steel to hang on the wall. From the artist: "I am captivated by the human figure and the way a gesture can speak to us.
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Vol 13 female figure, Air, is one of artist Denise Carletta's largest, most emotional yet. Burnt wood, with sculpted clay and mounted on steel for placement on an entryway table or a dramatic centerpiece for a living room.
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Female figure by Denise Carletta with sculpted clay around burnt wood and mounted on steel for placement on an entryway table or a dramatic centerpiece for a living room. Side angle view.
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Torso sculpture in clay, mounted on stone, by Denise Carletta, in white and beautifully formed for a side table, book shelf, on your coffee table or dining table as a centerpiece.
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Detail of Ilysa Leder Field of Time Watercolor Painting
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Detail of Magic Hour 4 of a watercolor painting of Mt Tam by artist Ilysa Leder at Poet and the Bench
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Ilysa Leder / Fine Art / Watercolor / Delusions of Grandeur / Midday Spring 1
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Ilysa Leder / Fine Art / Watercolor / Delusions of Grandeur / Midday Spring 2
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Ilysa Leder / Fine Art / Watercolor / Delusions of Grandeur / Midday Spring 3
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