Betsy Bennett was born in 1928 and died in 2007. This Cape Cod artist paints the coastal views and landscapes of her home.

Betsy Bennett attended Moore College of Art in Philadelphia where she studied under Reginald Marsh, George Sklar, Will Barnet, and Frank Reilly. She later studied egg tempera technique with Robert Vickrey.

Her awards include:
First Place awards from the Cape Cod Art Association (1973, 1975, and 1976)
First Place in the Coos (Oregon) Art Museum Annual Juried Show (1976)
A grant from the Oregon Arts Commission Competition (1977
First Place in Watercolors at the New England Open Juried Show of the South Shore Art Center (1986)
She was named a Copley Master by the Copley Society of Boston. Her Copley awards include:
Excellence in Technique Award (1982)
John Singleton Copley Award (1983)
Robb Sagendorph Award (1991)

Betsy Bennett was the cover artist in the June, 1990 issue of American Artist.

Source: Treesplace.com

Copley Master Betsy Bennett's beautiful and graceful paintings tend to reflect her interest in man's attempts to deal with nature, whether by accepting its wild diversity, or by imposing our own artifacts and notions of order upon it. The layering techniques necessary for working in egg tempera produces a richness of color and soft glowing clarity which seems especially well matched to Bennett's subject matter -- particularly her paintings based on the water vapor suffused light of Cape Cod.

Bennett was educated at the Moore College of Art in Philadelphia where she studied under Reginald Marsh, George Sklar, Will Barnet, and Frank Reilly. Later, she studied egg tempera technique briefly with Robert Vickrey.

She moved to New England in 1951, and except for four years in Oregon from 1976-1980, has been a continuous resident of Massachusetts. She has won many prizes for her work in open juried shows, including First Place awards from the Cape Cod Art Association (1973, 1975, and 1976); First Place in the Coos (Oregon) Art Museum Annual Juried Show (1976); a major grant from the Oregon Arts Commission Competition (1977), and First Place in Watercolors at the New England Open Juried Show of the South Shore Art Center (1986).

She has been designated as a Copley Master by the Copley Society of Boston, having won the Excellence in Technique Award (1982), the John Singleton Copley Award (1983), and the Robb Sagendorph Award (1991) from the Copley Society. Betsy Bennett was the cover artist, and the subject of a major feature article in the June, 1990 issue of American Artist magazine.