Ben Hecht- Mixed Media Artist specializing in combining aerial photography, encaustic paint, and UV resin
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machina obscura, or "hidden machine" is a mixed media series blending original macro and drone photography of the ocean, terrain, ancient walls, cracks along the ground and all sorts of tiny oddities with maps, charts, and ephemera from long ago.  Gears, cogs, and clockwork echo the movements of planets and celestial bodies.  Each artwork is composed with layers and layers of encaustic which is then incised and pressed with additional designs from custom made stamps.

 

machina obscura: Terra I 72"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Tempus I 90"X67"machina obscura: Terra III  65"X 43" AVAILABLEmachina obscura Tempus III 43X72 AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Tempus I DETAIL 1 90"X67" AVAILABLEmachina obscura Tempus III DETAIL  72X43 AVAILABLEmachina obscura Tempus III DETAIL  72X43 AVAILABLEmachina obscura Tempus II 90X72machina obscura Tempus III DETAIL  72X43 AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra I DETAIL 1 72"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra I DETAIL 2 72"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Animus I 62"X 62"machina obscura: Animus I DETAIL 1 62"X 62" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Luna 72"X43" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Luna DETAIL 1 72"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Luna DETAIL  72"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Luna DETAIL 2 72"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Luna DETAIL 3 72"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Luna DETAIL 4 72"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra IV I 43"X56"machina obscura: Terra IV DETAIL I 43"X56" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra IV DETAIL 2 43"X56" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra II DETAIL 1 132"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra II DETAIL 2 132"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra II DETAIL 3 132"X44" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Laika 43"X 66" AVAILABLEDETAIL 1 machina obscura: Laika 43"X 66" AVAILABLEDETAIL 2 machina obscura: Laika 43"X 66" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra III DETAIL 1 65"X 43" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra III DETAIL 2 65"X 43" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Animus II 65"X 43" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Animus II DETAIL 1 65"X 43" AVAILABLEmachina obscura: Terra II 132"X44"