Goddesses with and without wings are contributing to a
meditative atmosphere affecting the sensual sleep of the
dream. There are window girls guarding the long sides
of the room, a large face of Venus protecting the sleeping
couple and a guarding angel on the gable wall watched by
ptarmigans in boots. In the middle there is a
dividing wall where goddesses guard the opening.
Above it all, in the middle of the dividing wall, there is
a full moon which lights up the whole room.
Benny Ekman
Benny Ekman was born in Stockholm in 1955. As a child, he spent
eleven years living in Australia.
Benny is self-taught as a painter and artist. He mainly works in acrylic but also uses other techniques. His debut as an artist came in 1996 at the Summer Salon in Västervik. He has held around fifty exhibitions,
mostly in the south of Sweden and in Stockholm. Among these exhibitions is Liljevalchs Spring Salon 1999, Väsby Konsthall Spring Salon and an exhibition at Gallery Greger in Stockholm.
Along with two cows Benny participated in the Cow Parade in Stockholm in 2004 and with a sail of art in Nacka Strand’s ‘Art for Sail’. He has also created the set design for Folk och Rövare i Kamomillastad in Västervik.