A selection of 10 exclusive paintings by Bill Bensley, a renowned architect, interior designer and landscape designer, are available for auction at Riverside Auction House which is inviting bids in the art category on rcbauctions.com and on the international stage at invaluable.com.
A collaboration between River City Bangkok and the art-loving architect and designer who has brought to life over 200 resorts, hotels and palaces in more than 30 countries, the auction is accepting online bids for the vibrant yet thought-provoking paintings personally picked by Bensley himself, until midnight on June 30 (Bangkok time).
The auction is an overture to his first ever exhibition, "The Outsider Art Of Bill Bensley", which will be held at River City Bangkok in September.
It will feature his 90 paintings created over the past three years during his travels across Asia and in his Bangkok studio, Baan Botanica. They will be presented in five chapters -- Environmentalism, Pestilence, Racism, Idiosyncratic Behaviours of the LGBTQ Community, and Dreams.
"I enjoy art that seems accessible -- that I feel as though I could do it myself", said Bensley as he commented on his first exhibition and auction of his artworks. "I suppose that is why I have always liked the genre of outsider art as it welcomes one and all, while still holding a challenge for the artist," he added.
As a lifelong environmentalist, he will donate a minimum of 80% of the sales proceeds from both the auction and exhibition to the Shinta Mani Foundation and the Wildlife Alliance in Cambodia to support their work in wildlife and nature conservation and help change the lives of people in need.
Some of Bill Bensley's artwork available for international auction until June 30. River City Bangkok