This portrait of Ben Bradley has just been painted by artist and Fountain Family member Diane Levin.
“I had the pleasure of meeting Ben twice and of discovering his beautiful soul,” says Diane.
Ben Bradley was our longtime and beloved Fountain Theatre producer and director. He was murdered in 2010.
Says Diane: “The painting is meant to be representational. It has been an enjoyable process to create the portrait of a man so loved by his community.”
Diane Levin
Diane Levin is a painter living in Santa Cruz. She is a an artist, a theater lover, a member of our Fountain Family and the mother of Fountain stage manager Jeremy Levin.
Diane’s painting will be on permanent display at the Fountain Theatre.
Thank you so very much for sharing this portait of Ben’s with us. Thank you for keeping his memory alive, I miss him so much, it has been three years since his death and there is never a day that I have not thought of him. He was a kind and loving person, he had a great love for the theatre.
Thank you,
Annie Hill Ben’s Mother
We miss him dearly, and think of him daily, too. Isn’t it touching how Ben lives on in the hearts of those he encountered? A kind of immortality.
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You are welcome.