Here's a video of Ben at an art lesson with his art instructor, John Morfis at the ART Spot in Plainville, CT.

This was the first time Ben painted a dog.

In John's drawing & painting classes you can get one on one instruction for drawing and/or painting media. This includes, oil paints, acrylics, charcoal, and pencils. His teaching specialty is training high school students for art college.

Visit the ART Spot website for more information at:
http://www.ctfineart.com/

Video interview/montage of Ben and his work seen on courant.com/iam.

The "I Am ... " series, explores the life experiences of teenagers and young adults in their own words.

Story, Photography and Videography by Ross Taylor.

Click here to see the related story that appeared in the Hartford Courant.

Ben's dream has always been to work on a farm and be with the animals that he created in his paintings.

The day after he came home with this painting, Ben's Dream (this is his first horse/farm painting), he was told that he could volunteer on a farm this summer. We were all thrilled!

He named it Ben's Dream himself...as he names all his pictures himself.