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CONTACT:

Benini
c/o Lorraine Benini
La Luna & Le Stelle Ranch
Marble Falls, Texas


830-693-2147

PAINTINGS of the 1980's
PLAYALINDA

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Playalinda Series No. 1

 


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Painting - Playalinda No. 1
PLAYALINDA SERIES NO. 1

Painting - Playalinda Series, No. 3
PLAYALINDA SERIES NO. 3

Painting - Playalinda Series, No. 4
PLAYALINDA SERIES NO.
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Painting - Playalinda Series, No. 7
PLAYALINDA SERIES NO. 7


PAINTINGS of the 1980's
Playalinda Series


The Playalinda Series dates back to an early morning walk on Playalinda beach, near Cape Canaveral in Florida, a site where giant sea turtles lumber up on shore to lay their eggs in the sand. Park rangers do their best to get there soon after and spread a protective metal mesh over a nest site so raccoons do not dig them up. The morning Benini walked the beach, some of the nests had already been disturbed.  The now-empty eggshells,  still so tender and soft , started to curl up with the sun's morning rays. Benini, seeing this, very selectively gathered some of the unique shapes. These eventually became the models for the Playalinda series.

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Painting - Playalinda Series, No. 1