Local Artist Draws Inspiration From Nature
Painter Benjamin Guffee creates impressionist nature scenes from his Maplewood studio, as he prepares for a spring solo show.
The walls of Benjamin Guffee's Maplewood studio are lined with paintings of trees, earth and water. Oil paints are his medium of choice, modern impressionism his genre, and nature his muse. "I think there's a peacefulness that comes from it, a sense of contentment that is really lacking in the world," he said. "It's kind of opposite of the grind and materialism and always looking for the next thing." Guffee, a transplant to the St. Louis area, grew up in New York state, about an hour north of the city. He moved away to spend three years in central Mexico in 2001, not far from the famous artists' colony San Miguel de Allende. There he began painting seriously and selling his art. "I didn't go to art school or anything, but as long as I can …
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