Riverside Arts Market - Jacksonville, FL

"Trash Dogs" by Jinx Bentley

Jinx Bentley was the very first artist to reserve a booth at the Riverside Arts Market, and for this distinction we salute her as the current "Artist of the Week."

Jinx likes to surprise people. A creative sculptor, she is an extremely passionate and self-motivated artist exploding with fresh new ideas. Art has been a part of her life since she can remember. Her mother is an artist, and she grew up watching her and dreaming of someday being able to express herself in a beautiful way like her mother. Art is her passion in life, and she admits that "Art is like a fever within me, a bubbling volcano that needs to erupt."

She has worked in many media in the past, but at this point she enjoys working with “castaway” materials like newspaper, old wire, and scrap wood, paper mache, clay, and lots of recyclable items. Each one of her sculptures has a special meaning, and she feels that they are each a little piece of her.

Every sculptor wants his/her work to have a presence, and Jinx is no exception. Her work can take the viewer by surprise and make people smile, because she likes dynamic compositions and oddball humor.

She has taken art classes throughout her school years, and she is working toward becoming a professional sculptor. Jinx says "There is nothing more in the world that I would want to be than an artist. Art gives me something that nothing else can."

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