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 172 by Benedicte Gele

Acrylic painting

Equine Nude 8a by Benedicte Gele

Acrylic painting

Equine Nude 2a by Benedicte Gele

Acrylic painting

Equine Life 1 by Benedicte Gele

Pastel drawing

Equine Nude 1a by Benedicte Gele

Acrylic painting

Face to Face 11t by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Face to Face 9t by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Sketch 356 by Benedicte Gele

Charcoal drawing

Sketch 355 by Benedicte Gele

Charcoal drawing

Sketch 354 by Benedicte Gele

Charcoal drawing

Sketch 353 by Benedicte Gele

Charcoal drawing

Sketch 352 by Benedicte Gele

Charcoal drawing