 Ms. Bennett is a photographer, artist, writer, Buddhist and ordained minister. She studied art, design and photography at The Ohio State University and taught still photography while in graduate school. She is retired from teaching graphic design and website design at The Ohio State University and photography, graphic design and web design at Columbus State Community College. Her unique visionary style of images was on display at the C. Sneary Gallery for six months in 2001-2002 and was reviewed by Short North art critic, Elizabeth Ann James, who commented in her column that Ms. Bennett's work was one of the high points of the gallery and called her work "wistful and very NOW." She has also written two books; "Keeper of the Fire," a spiritual walk through the world of the Lakota in which she writes about the promised warrior of Black Elk and his journey to bring the world to peace and an illustrated short story entitled, "Golfar Speaks- an enlightening romp through the known universe" which is a wonderful tale where sci-fi runs headlong into new age philosophies. Both are available as e-books on this site. Ms. Bennett's watercolor series was inspired by her love of the Impressionist painters. She is currently working on a continuing satire of images she calls "Bridal Nightmares" and has a series of sequential images titled "Impermanence" as a way of expressing her Buddhist beliefs. Her newest work, "Wicked Game" is a series of stills shot before and after being tossed out of the Supreme Court fountain downtown during the filming of the video of the same name and "Drive-In Soliloquies", very edgy images shot at a old drive-in theatre...
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