Ex Commando Ben Goymour - Fine Artist
Ben Goymour is mostly known as a UK Seascape artist, but he also paints Landscape, Cityscape & Animal Oil Paintings.
Supporting our Veterans
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Like many veterans, I do have my struggles with PTSD. Art has truly been my therapy.
In 2019, I hit a bad patch so my wife reached out to a well-known charity to get me some support. Unfortunately, the demand for their services was so high that I was passed onto another well-known charity. It took almost three months to be assessed and offered appropriate help. My art got me thought it, unknowingly! Thankfully, by the time help was offered, I was in a better place and I didn't need their services. Not everyone has an escape and a great family behind them, which I'm very grateful to have.
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This leads me on to talk about a growing charity called Phoenix Heroes PTSD Veteran Support
I want help fellow veterans who have been in my situation. I will be donating paintings to Phoenix Heroes to auction, and I will be setting up some art therapy days for our hero's. On top of that, 10% of all sales profits from my website will be donated to Phoenix Heroes.
My Story
I was born in Peterborough in 1985 where I have lived for most of my civilian life. I joined the Army at 16, serving in the 29 Commando Regiment as a Bombardier. During my service, I had the privilege of taking part in a number of tours including training in America with the US Marines, as well as three torus of Norway training in Arctic Leadership, where I was deployed as a test - if I could lead in the Arctic, they thought I could lead anywhere. When I was only 20 years old, I was sent to Afghanistan as a Section Commander.
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When I eventually left the Army, I became a builder and carpenter. In February 2017, after a hiking trip to the Lake District, I had my first experience of picking up a brush. I had admired a painting in a local gallery, yet I couldn't afford to purchase it, so I decided that on my return, I would attempt to paint something myself. Little did I know that this would launch me into a new, self-taught career as a professional artist.
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I became obsessed with painting, I would get up at 4am and paint before working a full day of work on site, before continuing my painting all evening. Fortunately, after a year of obsessive painting, my wife secretly approached some local galleries and renowned artist Roz Bell (of whom I am forever thankful)
By January 2021 I was selling enough art to be able to take the big leap and close my building company and focus solely on my painting.
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I'm passionate about nature and adventure, so my weekends are typically filled with wild camping, hiking and paddle boarding, where I spend hours studying how light falls across various landscapes, which has become the primary focus of my fine art landscape and seascape paintings, as I seek to portray a sense of feeling and mood which can only be experienced through the eyes of the beholder, creating that "you just had to be there" feeling
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I'm also incredibly enthusiastic about exploring new creative territories and experimenting with different styles and techniques - my contemporary animal artwork and cityscape collections being very different to my Seascapes. My original paintings can be seen in galleries around the UK here as in my online shop here.
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I'm always happy to receive emails and calls, so please don't hesitate to get intouch! (here)
Best wishes
