jeff bender
etchings and collages
Jonathon’s Lunch Tray
At War With Jack’s Rats
jeff bender
Jeff Bender is a writer/artist who writes about life and has a life that is about his art. While the two skills often intersect, both reflect a zeal for the spontaneous, the curious and most things that are breathing. Always supplementing his stories with constructions and collages, his artwork is held in collections both public and private, both regionally and internationally. He holds an MFA in printmaking from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and a BA in Art from the College of Wooster.
Coming from a long line of story tellers, Jeff’s writing reflects the kinds of conversations one has at a yard sale, or possibly in a dentist’s chair. After getting his head caught in a sink as a child, he vowed to avoid all small areas, and currently resides with his wife on a wind-swept plateau in Indiana. He shares his many entertaining, but slightly endearing flaws with his three grandchildren, but his greatest accomplishment to date is teaching his neighbor’s cat how to sit. Artistically, he is an multidisciplined person, however he prefers English, and then only in short sentences with one syllable words. His favorite texture and beverage is Styrofoam.
More about Jeff can be found at Jeffmbender.com, Instagram: @authorjeffbender, or through his podcast Knee Deep.