Benjamin started drawing and painting as a young boy in Canada, where his parents had emigrated from England in the late fifties. Returning to England in the sixties he was able to develop his natural talent at Bishop Wordsworth’s Grammar School, situated in the beautiful Cathedral Close, Salisbury, and receiving tuition from the well-known artist and teacher, Richard Cusden, finally winning the first senior art prize. He went on to study at Salisbury College of Fine Art.
Although he later became an design engineer he continued painting, exhibiting and selling watercolour, acrylic and pastel works in the south of England. His recent inspiration has been the incomparable scenery of the North Pennines where he has lived since 2001.