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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Expression 7p by Benedicte Gele

Charcoal drawing

Expression 27t by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Equine Nude 143t (In Exhibition) by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Expression 6p by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Expression 26t by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Face to Face 60t by Benedicte Gele

Charcoal drawing

Deer (In Exhibition) by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Equine Nude 31a by Benedicte Gele

Ink drawing

Face to Face 58t by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Face to Face 9 by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Equine Nude 139t (In Exhibition) by Benedicte Gele

Mixed-media painting

Expression 5p by Benedicte Gele

Drawing