Ben Bensen

Folsom, LA United States

Illustrator, storyboard artist, graphic designer,

Photography / Arts

I was born in New Orleans the eldest son of six siblings. I came out the shoot with a baseball glove in my hand though I was not as good as my father, who could have had a career if not for the war. I lived between two airfields, one civil and one military. It was a big influence on me. I learned to paint trying to make my model airplanes to look like they did on the boxtops. I went to high school on an athletic scholarship and met my wife to be there. As most kids of the sixties, I was in love with rock n'roll and played guitar in a garage band for about 4 years. It was and still is my first love. I married my high school sweetheart in 1972, graduated from USL in advertising in "73 and star