Charity Regatta Raffle Prize
Stoked Surfboard $5,500 Value
“Rincon Surfer” created by Bobbi Bennett using a vinatge Al Merrick surfboard.
The “Rincon Surfer” was photographed at the famous Rincon Classic at the Rincon Surf spot.
Donated by Bobbi Bennett
Bobbi Bennett, a CA based photographer, is known for creating environments either in the studio or on location. Using live models, painted backgrounds, twigs, mud and various lighting techniques, she illustrates a thematic image. Her themes range from Native Americans, Angels, Superheroes, Goddess Icons and Abstract landscape.
The surfboard art is her newest work. While curating the Gallery Montecito, she needed to come up with a playful concept for a hotel install and decided to put her art on surfboards. Being an avid surfer in Southern CA, she decided to use Santa Barbara local surfboard company, Channel Islands.
She applied “ Sexy Palm” photograph on a vintage Channel Island surfboard, using a technique she developed with resin on her other work. The photograph is vacuum mounted, then coated with resin, and torched to give a glass-like appearance. Bobbi has donated her “Rincon Surfer,” a vintage Al Merrick surfboard, to Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care for the 19th Annual Santa Barbara Yacht Club Charity Regatta Raffle on September 7. It is valued at $5500. (Tickets purchased at the Regatta are $15/each and 3/$30.) She will be at the Regatta with some of her other boards for sale with a portion of the proceeds dedicated to benefit Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care.
Bennett decided to make more “Art boards” with a variety of themes. The boards have become so popular; she started a company called “ Stoked” and will have her new line completed by the end of the year. Celebrities, such as Bruce Johnson from the Beach Boys have commissioned her to do her unique style of Art Boards. Bennett’s imagery is widely collected internationally and has won multiple awards.
Her work is in the permanent collection at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and was one of the winners of the prestigious International “ Exposure “ Award. Her photograph “Fallen Angels” was part of the Winner’s Collection at the Louvre, Paris.
To see more of Bobbi Bennett Art, Please Visit www.bobbibennett.com or www.stokedsurfart.com