

Sample of my 2026 Calendar Tea Towel- the perfect holiday gift to decorate your kitchen or to use as a dish towel. The border looks black in the photo but is actually green.

Thank you to all who visited my studio during the Artist Studios in Fearrington Village Studio Tour. Please note - my studio will be open by appointment. You can also visit my web site : www.houseoflifeprints.com Email or text me to let me know when you plan to come. Thanks, Vidabeth

The Fearrington Open Studio Tour is this coming weekend - Saturday October 11 from 10 am - 5 pm and Sunday October 12 from noon to 5 pm. My studio is #13, located at 601 Stone- View. My cards, calendars, T shirts, and framed and unframed prints will be available. Minnie Gallman and Pat Stewart will be joining me with photos and baskets. Hope to see you then..

Mark your calendar. My House of Life Prints Studio will be #13 on the Fearrington Open Studio Tour Saturday October 11 from 10 - 5 and Sunday October 12 from noon - 5. This will be my last Tour in the area and many prices will be reduced. Cards, Tee Shirts, 2026 calendars and framed and unframed prints will be on display. Signed copies of my book A Simple Guide To Screen Printing will be available as well. Joining me will be Pat Stewart with baskets and Minnie Gallman with photographs. Hope to see you then. Vidabeth

Join me at the Artists Studios Fearrington Village (ASFV) Open Studio Tour October 11th from 10am to 5 pm and 12th from noon to 5 pm 20 Fearrington Artists will show their work in 14 studios. Many of my original prints reflect the 27 years I spent living and working in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. My Venice series, one of which is depicted here, is typical of the many prints and drawings from my travels. Minnie Gallman’s photographs and Pat Stewart’s baskets will also be available in Studio #13 - 601 Stoneview, Fearrington Village.

Vidabeth Bensen’s Framed and unframed screen prints, paintings, calendars, cards and T shirts will be available during the Artists Studios at Fearrington Village (ASFV) Open Studio Tour on October 11 and 12. Vidabeth will be joined in studio #13 by Minnie Gallman and her photographs and Pat Stewart with her hand made baskets. Twenty Fearrington artists in 14 studios will be open on Saturday 10/11 from 10 am -5 pm and Sunday 10/12 from noon to 5 pm. Brochures are available at the mail kiosks in Fearrington and at local businesses.

“Autumn Leaves” is one of my original screen prints plus calendars, cards and T shirts available at the 2025 Open Studio Tour in Fearrington Village on Saturday and Sunday October 11th and 12th. 20 Fearrington artists will show their work in 14 studios. I’m sharing my studio #13 with Minnie Gallman,photographer and Pat Stewart, basket maker. Studios will be open on Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. Hope to see you then Vidabeth


“Spring Diptych” is a print of leaves overlapping in green and gold. Newly framed by the Frame and Print Gallery in Chapel Hill.




My 56th calendar is almost ready for printing. Each month of The Year of the Horse Is a reproduction of one of my original screen prints. Watch for more information on my web site and on Instagram. .

Vidabeth Bensen will display one of her original abstract screen prints with other artists of the Artist Studios in Fearrington Village (ASFV) at the Show of Hands Gallery in Downtown Pittsboro starting in July. 2D artists will show during July and August and 3D artists will show after that. The opening reception will be held first Sunday in July.

My exhibit of 20 + abstract and repeat pattern screen prints will be up until June 30th at 79 West, 120 Mosaic Blvd in Pittsboro. Vidabeth Bensen In addition Randi Markowitz has abstract, mixed media paintings on display as well. We are members of the Chatham Artists Guild. You can see more of our work on the Guild Web site - Chathamartistsguild.org.




Aspen Leaves is one of 20 original prints I have hanging through the end ofJune at 79 West, 120 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro. Randi Markewitz’s paintings are on display as well. Join Radi and me at a Reception on Friday April 18th from 4:30 to 6/pm.

Twenty of Vidabeth Bensen’s original screen prints are currently on display at 79 West. 120 Mosaic Blvd. Pittsboro. There will be a reception on Thursday April 18th from 4:30 to 6 pm. This series of prints reflects Vidabeth’s interest in using color and movement in abstract compositions. Along with Vidabeth’s work are paintings by Randi Markowitz. The exhibit will be up until the end of June. Hope to see you at the reception.

Twenty of Vidabeth’s original screen prints may be viewed at 79 West in Pittsboro during April, May and June. These prints are mostly colorful abstract compositions created since she moved to North Carolina in 1991. They are a departure from the prints of her life overseas, including Japan, Korea, Turkey , Morocco and Germany. There will be a reception on April 18th from 4:30 - 6pm. 79 West is located at 120 Mosaic Blvd, Pittsboro. Hope to see you there.


The View of Tokyo above is an original screen print on newspaper. It was done from sketches made from the window of my room at the New Sanno Hotel, sometime in the 1980s. It is significant because it shows the beautiful old tile rooftops in the forefront and the new high risers replacing them in the back. I also have a framed dyptich of the same view. Please contact me for more information.

“A to Z” is an original screen printed collage on stretched canvas. I am using a reproduction of it for a belated holiday card.

In my store you will find original prints depicting scenes from my 27 years living and working in Europe, Asia and the Middle East as well as abstract compositions exploring color and movement. I was a high school art teacher and I enjoy sharing the simplistic printmaking methods I have devised over the years. addition, prints exploring color and composition. I was a high school art teacher in New York and overseas. I greatly enjoy sharing the simplistic methods of printmaking I have developed over the years.