THE SACRED TRUST.

This series of white moths has been super fun! All are currently listed in my Etsy store. Link in bio or https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSacredTrust . . . . #notodontidae #notodontidae_family #pandamoth #etsyshop #anaphepanda #panda #moth #illustration #moth #anthropod #artistsoninstagram #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #watercolor #gouache #insectart #artforsale #forsalebyartist #erminemoth #spilosomalubricipeda #whiteerminemoth #cyana #cyanamoth #lichenmoth #cliotigermoth #cliomoth #ectypiaclio #crimsonspeckledmoth #crimsonspeckledfootman (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFWYUBAH-lR/?igshid=narq6ia0pp21

The Cycle of Trusteez Projects; Trusteez was born out of many passions pertaining to the relationship between art, design, and nature. It is a compartment of a rigorous creative practice built on myriad inspirations, from the natural to the humorous and bizarre. Artist Benjamin Brockman started Trusteez as a t-shirt company in Minneapolis, reproducing designs from his artwork. He followed an organic pathway indulging in interests and fancies which would eventually serve as a bridge from his primary practice operating under the name The Sacred Trust into a new exploratory space. Through Trusteez, the artist has found a place for study, creation and musing that facilitates smaller works for sale. The sales of these works through Trusteez fulfills the rewarding role of decorating homes with meaningful original art and simultaneously enhances The Sacred Trust’s mission of ecological consciousness and conversations around extinction in the community of Tucson and at large. #art #design #artist # #interiordesigner #creative #interiordesign #artwork #painting #printmaking #projects #community #sales #artgallery

Link in bio! https://etsy.me/3ht6ByD Gouache, watercolor, charcoal on toned paper in wooden frame. . . . #cyana #cyanamoth #lichenmoth #tucson #tucsonarizona #tucsonartist #natureillustration #illustration #moth #eribidae #anthropod #artistsoninstagram #etsyshop #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #watercolor #gouache #painting #drawing #insectart #mothsofinstagram #entymology #ecclecticdecor #decor #erminemoth #spilosomalubricipeda #moth #whiteerminemoth #notodontidae #pandamoth #anaphepanda (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFnGsXUlm85/?igshid=xzi3e423h9sv

I’ve been busy building up some inventory for local shows and sales and such - I’ve completed around 25 small works with a ton more on the way. The proceeds will help me make rent in my studio space and afford materials for larger projects - including getting my silkscreen operation up and running (somewhere other than my living room!) . . . . #arizonaart #tucsonart #tucsonartist #azartist #drawing #painting #art #etsyshop #etsy #skulls #skullsandflowers #darkart #darkartists #tardigrade #painting #fundraising #artistsoninstagram #thesacredtrust https://www.instagram.com/p/B64jOvhF3ep/?igshid=14ellm4cfyjpj

Kicking off 2020 with a little at home printing. 😎 . . . . #screenprinting #thesacredtrust #az #arizonaartist #printmaking #printmaker #slikscreen #tucsonartist #tucson #2020 #squirrel #skull (at Barrio Santa Rosa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6yrLgFnfw2/?igshid=1fpnuo6atvwtn

“Rabbits (says Mr. Lockley) are like human beings in many ways. One of these is certainly their staunch ability to withstand disaster and to let the stream of their life carry them along, past reaches of terror and loss. They have a certain quality which it would not be accurate to describe as callousness or indifference. It is, rather, a blessedly circumscribed imagination and an intuitive feeling that Life is Now. A foraging wild creature, intent above all upon survival, is as strong as the grass.” - Richard Adams, Watership Down . . . Cazador II, 14x14 inches on eastern paper. . . #linocut #printmaking #rabbit #bunny #art #linoblock #linoleum #printmaker #thesacredtrust #carving #print #artist #tucsonartist #arizonaart #azart #postapocalyptic #postapocalypse #postapocalypticart #apocalypse #chernobyl #redforest #bunny #bunnies #mutantbunnies (at Cube Colony) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5PFwRjFRrL/?igshid=bk5eeipdarjh

Catching up on some old drawings while transitioning to the new studio. . . . #coloredpencil #tucsonartist #watercolor #postapocalyptic #postapocalypticart #apocalypse #endtimes #art #thesacredtrust #eye #inprogress #wip #drawing #tucsonart #artistsoninstagram #artist #arizonaart #illustration #grotesque (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4_RdJlFy9L/?igshid=k780ep4s552z

#thesacredtrust #sticker #stickerart #stickerstucson #streetart #azart #arizonaartist #tucsonart #screenprint #silkscreen #artist #stickerhub #printmaker #printmaking #screenprinting #silkscreen (at Bookmans East) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4q_hJ3lOav/?igshid=1871dd54vflb9

On the town.... . . . . #thesacredtrust #sticker #stickerart #stickerstucson #streetart #azart #arizonaartist #tucsonart #screenprint #silkscreen #artist #stickerhub #casavideo #tucson #rabbit #dannymartinart (at Casa Video and Casa Film Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4q_Rq6FrEv/?igshid=1p33hospbcukz

#inktober2019 day 31 prompts: #ripe #carousel - as #inktober draws to a close, I’m happy to have finished half the prompts for #inktoberofficial and #popcycleinktober with a total of 15 new sketches exploring some old a new methods. Super fun and can’t wait to do it again - I still have some partial sketches I’ll post when I’m inspired to. Thanks for following and if you can, chip into my #patreon to help me keep my studio alive! www.patreon/benjaminbrockman . . . . #inktober2019 #arizonaartist #tucsonartist #tucsonillustrator #illustration #coloredpencil #micron #drawing #drawingoftheday #inktoberday31 #halloween #happyhalloween #death #grimreaper #unicorn #merrygoround #azartist #arizonaartist (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aNNZoHOqY/?igshid=s2poj5sp1qe0

#inktober2019 day 31 prompts: #ripe #carousel - as #inktober draws to a close, I’m happy to have finished half the prompts for #inktoberofficial and #popcycleinktober with a total of 15 new sketches exploring some old a new methods. Super fun and can’t wait to do it again - I still have some partial sketches I’ll post when I’m inspired to. Thanks for following and if you can, chip into my #patreon to help me keep my studio alive! www.patreon/benjaminbrockman . . . . #inktober2019 #arizonaartist #tucsonartist #tucsonillustrator #illustration #coloredpencil #micron #drawing #drawingoftheday #inktoberday31 #halloween #happyhalloween #death #grimreaper #unicorn #merrygoround #azartist #arizonaartist (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aNCCbnHzV/?igshid=v4w789g2gntd

#inktoberday30 prompts: #catch #loteria - I saw a video recently of a mantis systematically devouring a lizard 9 times it’s own size - a swift reversal of fortune in which the prey became the predator. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. They are familiar visitors in our new back yard and I always treat them with a certain reverence. I recently learned that they can catch and eat birds and fish - a pretty gnarly critter all the way around. Not to mention they are known to eat each other! Colored pencil and micron on sketch pad, 5x3 inches. . . . . #popcycle #mantis #prayingmantis #coloredpencil #drawing #inktober #inktober2019 #micron #prismacolor #prompts #inktober2k19 #drawingoftheday #popcycleinktober #illustration #illustrator #thesacredtrust #sketch #sketchbook #tucsonartist #insect #naturedrawing #tucsonart #tucsonartist #drawingoftheday #artistsoninstagram #bug #art #artist (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4RA24VldNb/?igshid=1wsi80yrcsow8

#inktoberday27 prompts: #coat #shrine - touching bank on some older themes and motifs and worked in the likeness of a bird mask I made awhile back. Colored pencil and ink on sketchbook page. . . . . . . #coloredpencil #drawing #inktober #inktober2019 #darkart #darkartists #surrealism #micron #prismacolor #paganart #occultart #prompts #inktober2k19 #drawingoftheday #illustrationoftheday #illustration #illustrator #bird #aviary #birdhouses #rainbow #postapocalyptic #postapocalypticart #thesacredtrust #sketch #sketchbook (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Og9B8lUF2/?igshid=1aqx5kaow2u3

#inktober prompts: #ornament #bloom . . . #coloredpencil #micron #brushpen #flowers #daffodil #fantasticsurrealism #darkart #darkartists #darksurrealism #charcoal #drawing #skull #skullflower #artist #inktober2019 #inktober2k19 #inktoberday17 #inktoberprompt #popcycleinktober #popcycle #sketch #sketchbook #tonedpaper (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4EJZSgFeoX/?igshid=gxnxv3pz2xgt

#inktober2019 prompts: #dragon #starry - I really wanted this excuse to do a “big eye” - and had no ideas for the prompt combo back on #inktoberday12 - but here it is - a beguiling baby dragon. That really pushes the boundaries of my repertoire - but I’m still having fun with this. . . . . #inktober #inktoberprompts #prompts #inktober2k19 #drawingoftheday #illustration #illustrationartists #drawing #tucson #tucsonart #babydragon #bigeye #fantasy #scifiart #scifiillustration #fantasyillustration #coloredpencil #micron #illustrationoftheday #sketchbook #sketch #sketches #art #artist #tucsonartist #arizonaartist #popcycleinktober #popcycle (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B36AxQTlcbh/?igshid=2n6i0mr83lr1

Great time with @andgallerytucson @tapandbottle making collages tonight. Met some very cool people too! . . . . #collage #tucson #art #tucsonart #drinkanddraw #cutandpaste (at Tap & Bottle) https://www.instagram.com/p/B30k_H4l3Zc/?igshid=3wett9msue1b