For Bénédicte Gelé, painting horses has never been about representation. What drives her is what the animal brings to light: raw emotion, inhabited silence, inner resonance. The horse becomes a territory — a living, sensitive matter to explore rather than depict. A raw land where each brushstroke, each trace, reveals a fragment of humanity.

Her semi-abstract work emerges from deep listening — to the body, to the present moment, to intuition. She works in mixed media, constantly exploring, layering, scraping, revealing. The line — rooted in her background as a graphic designer — remains central: at times structure, at times fracture, it guides the gaze through compositions where strength and fragility coexist.

Each piece is a silent dialogue between the artist and the animal — and, in its own way, between the artwork and the viewer. Because if the horse acts here as a mirror, it is to help us connect more deeply with ourselves.

Benedicte Gele

Artworks by Benedicte Gele

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Equine Nude 186 by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Equine Nude 9p by Benedicte Gele

Pencil drawing

Equine Nude 185 by Benedicte Gele

Ink drawing

Equine Nude 92t by Benedicte Gele

Watercolour

Face to Face 21t by Benedicte Gele

Acrylic painting

Face to Face 20t by Benedicte Gele

Watercolour

Equine Nude 91t by Benedicte Gele

Charcoal drawing

Equine Nude 90t by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Equine Nude 184 by Benedicte Gele

Ink drawing

Still-life with Bananas 4 by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Equine Nude 181 by Benedicte Gele

Acrylic painting

Equine Nude 180 by Benedicte Gele

Watercolour