{"id":15817,"date":"2024-02-05T20:24:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T02:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=15817"},"modified":"2024-02-07T03:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T09:13:48","slug":"a-bird-taking-a-shit-like-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2024\/02\/05\/a-bird-taking-a-shit-like-a-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bird Taking a Shit Like a Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Bird Taking a Shit Like a Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Belcher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ben Belcher is an illustrator, multimedia artist, and string band musician. He is primarily self-taught across all areas. He began pursuing pen and ink illustration and 5-string banjo around 2002. He is a member of two long-running, internationally touring Americana bands: The Hot Seats, based in Richmond, VA, and The Corn Potatoes, a trio based in Detroit, MI. His musical interests center around Old-Time string band music of the Southeast US. His instrumental skill set also includes guitar, fiddle, and upright bass. His pen and ink illustrations are highly detailed, surrealistic, dream-like scenes encompassing a wide variety of subject matter. There is a pervasive theme of dark absurdity throughout his work. During the pandemic, he procured a jigsaw, and this began a new body of work in which he\u2019s creating multi-dimensional drawings on layers of wood to create shadow box-like scenes. One of Ben’s large-scale wood and illustration pieces won Best in Show at the 2023 Opelika\/Auburn Visual Voice Inaugural Juried Exhibition at the Southside Center of the Arts. He maintains a studio in Opelika, AL, and is currently expanding his practice to include printmaking, watercolor, gouache, and acrylic paints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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