Benjamin Frey

Like windows into other times and places I want my drawings to evoke the mood of antique photographs. I choose subjects that are strong vessels for meaning: the allure of travel and adventure, tenderness and joy, longing, excitement and curiosity are as much tools for me as are the watercolor pencils and antique book pages I draw with and upon. It is a sense of curiosity and wonder that leads me to images of travel, circuses, and carnivals; like a modern mythology, they are the last places we allow ourselves to believe in monsters and giants and uncommon acts. And as such they are an exciting reminder to our too often dormant sense of wonder. I have always been moved by the idea that philosophy begins in wonder and with my drawings, I try to set that wonder in motion.