Signed Limited Edition Prints
Available limited edition prints of Benjamin Enzfelder's work. Shipping is included in the prices of all listed prints. All prints are signed and numbered below the image on a border at the bottom right of each print by Benjamin Enzfelder. All 30 x 48 sized prints are about the size of the originals, some of which are displayed in the next image below.
Heisenberg.
2012- 2013. Oil on Canvas. 30 x 48
The Garden
These paintings accompany a life long project called The Garden that Benjamin has invested much of his time toward realizing. They were completed in 2010.
Tammuz
30 x 48
One of the 6iXiS from the book, The Garden. To read about the historic sybolism of this archetypal character click here.
One of the 6iXiS from the book, The Garden. To read about the historic sybolism of this archetypal character click here.
Ripley's Believe it or Not! Saint Augustine Ghost Train Adventure Series.
These paintings were completed in 2011. They feature historic persons both famous and infamous who haunt the lore of Saint Augustine's shadowed history. The originals are 30 x 48 and hang in the Ripley's Believe it or Not! Sugarmill Museum in Saint Augustine Florida. The paintings themselves have stories to tell and often go "bump" in the night.
Betty
30 x 48
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
Visitors to the original Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in St. Augustine expect to see strange, weird, and bizarre items from our world. They don’t expect to see a ghost. Betty Richeson was one of two women who perished during a mysterious April 1944 fire at the Hotel Castle Warden, as the Ripley’s building was known when Pulitzer Prize winning writer Marjorie Rawlings owned the 19th Century structure. Although authorities found it odd neither victim used easily accessible fire escapes, they officially attributed the deaths to smoke inhalation. However, numerous guests and employees have reported smelling smoke, hearing female voices, and seeing apparitions while on the second and third floors of the building, which has been Ripley’s since 1950, leading to speculation these women may have been victims of foul play. The creation of this painting, as Benjamin recounts it, was one of the more unnerving experiences of his painting career. "Three cell phones in three days of the painting were shorted out and had to be replaced. Lights in the studio blew out. There was a presence surrounding the work's conception. It was as though I realized that this would be the final word on Betty and what happened to her the morning of the fire. I kept getting the feeling that I needed to somehow give her a better rap than she's been stuck with in the past. She was blamed for the fire when it may have been started to cover up a double homicide. She is believed to have been intoxicated at the time of her death having come from Jacksonville to confront the man who ended up murdering her. It's all really very sad." Benjamin refused to keep the painting in the studio, moving it immediately to the museum where it hangs today. The museum has had unexplained electrical problems ever since, making this the worst sales pitch ever.
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
Visitors to the original Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in St. Augustine expect to see strange, weird, and bizarre items from our world. They don’t expect to see a ghost. Betty Richeson was one of two women who perished during a mysterious April 1944 fire at the Hotel Castle Warden, as the Ripley’s building was known when Pulitzer Prize winning writer Marjorie Rawlings owned the 19th Century structure. Although authorities found it odd neither victim used easily accessible fire escapes, they officially attributed the deaths to smoke inhalation. However, numerous guests and employees have reported smelling smoke, hearing female voices, and seeing apparitions while on the second and third floors of the building, which has been Ripley’s since 1950, leading to speculation these women may have been victims of foul play. The creation of this painting, as Benjamin recounts it, was one of the more unnerving experiences of his painting career. "Three cell phones in three days of the painting were shorted out and had to be replaced. Lights in the studio blew out. There was a presence surrounding the work's conception. It was as though I realized that this would be the final word on Betty and what happened to her the morning of the fire. I kept getting the feeling that I needed to somehow give her a better rap than she's been stuck with in the past. She was blamed for the fire when it may have been started to cover up a double homicide. She is believed to have been intoxicated at the time of her death having come from Jacksonville to confront the man who ended up murdering her. It's all really very sad." Benjamin refused to keep the painting in the studio, moving it immediately to the museum where it hangs today. The museum has had unexplained electrical problems ever since, making this the worst sales pitch ever.
Pittee
30 x 48
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
Although thirteen year old Eliza Pittee has been dead since 1873, she may be one of the reasons TV’s famous GhostHunters have called the St. Augustine Lighthouse “the Mona Lisa of paranormal activity.” Eliza and her older sister Mary (the daughters of Hezekiah Pittee, the superintendant of the lighthouse’s construction) were among the three children killed in a tragic accident in July of 1873, yet locals have claimed to see her at the property for more than a century after her death; a mysterious girl skipping along the grounds, peeking out windows of the keeper’s house, even whistling tunes for visitors in the tower. The legend of young Eliza’s presence was cemented when the show featuring The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) aired on the SyFy Network. Among other bizarre bits of evidence, the group captured the digital recording of a disembodied voice which sounded very much like a young girl repeating the words “Help me! Help me!”
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
Although thirteen year old Eliza Pittee has been dead since 1873, she may be one of the reasons TV’s famous GhostHunters have called the St. Augustine Lighthouse “the Mona Lisa of paranormal activity.” Eliza and her older sister Mary (the daughters of Hezekiah Pittee, the superintendant of the lighthouse’s construction) were among the three children killed in a tragic accident in July of 1873, yet locals have claimed to see her at the property for more than a century after her death; a mysterious girl skipping along the grounds, peeking out windows of the keeper’s house, even whistling tunes for visitors in the tower. The legend of young Eliza’s presence was cemented when the show featuring The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) aired on the SyFy Network. Among other bizarre bits of evidence, the group captured the digital recording of a disembodied voice which sounded very much like a young girl repeating the words “Help me! Help me!”
Ida Aice
30 x 48
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
One of the most provocative and controversial female figures in St. Augustine’s past, Ida Alice Shourds was the 2nd wife of industrial tycoon Henry Flagler. Flagler’s opulent Ponce De Leon Hotel played host in the late 1800’s to Ida Alice’s “spiritualist” parties, at which guests were said to consume opiates and play with planchettes (later termed Ouija Boards). Convinced that the Czar of Russia was courting her for marriage, Ida claimed the planchette was telling her to kill her millionaire husband Henry. Ida was eventually declared insane and ultimately institutionalized until her death in 1930. The third floor hotel room in which Ida hosted parties is now a Flagler College dorm room said to be haunted by both a screaming and cursing Ida Alice or something pretending to be her.
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
One of the most provocative and controversial female figures in St. Augustine’s past, Ida Alice Shourds was the 2nd wife of industrial tycoon Henry Flagler. Flagler’s opulent Ponce De Leon Hotel played host in the late 1800’s to Ida Alice’s “spiritualist” parties, at which guests were said to consume opiates and play with planchettes (later termed Ouija Boards). Convinced that the Czar of Russia was courting her for marriage, Ida claimed the planchette was telling her to kill her millionaire husband Henry. Ida was eventually declared insane and ultimately institutionalized until her death in 1930. The third floor hotel room in which Ida hosted parties is now a Flagler College dorm room said to be haunted by both a screaming and cursing Ida Alice or something pretending to be her.
Don Pedro Menendez
30 x 48
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
Menendez was not only the founder of our Nation’s Oldest City, he was the man behind the massacre that gave St. Augustine’s most important waterway, the Matanzas River, its name. The Spanish words matanzas translates to slaughter, which is exactly what Pedro and his soldiers did to nearly 200 Frenchmen captured along the banks of the river in 1565. Pedro arrived in Spanish Florida in 1565 under orders from the King to rid the area of Jean Ribault and his French interlopers. Ribault and his primarily Protestant group were systematically and brutally massacred, ten by ten, save the 12 who claimed to be Catholic. The water ran red with their blood for the three days of the slaughter, and locals to this day claim the water will appear strangely crimson with lifeless eyes staring out from the depth of the Matanzas.
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
Menendez was not only the founder of our Nation’s Oldest City, he was the man behind the massacre that gave St. Augustine’s most important waterway, the Matanzas River, its name. The Spanish words matanzas translates to slaughter, which is exactly what Pedro and his soldiers did to nearly 200 Frenchmen captured along the banks of the river in 1565. Pedro arrived in Spanish Florida in 1565 under orders from the King to rid the area of Jean Ribault and his French interlopers. Ribault and his primarily Protestant group were systematically and brutally massacred, ten by ten, save the 12 who claimed to be Catholic. The water ran red with their blood for the three days of the slaughter, and locals to this day claim the water will appear strangely crimson with lifeless eyes staring out from the depth of the Matanzas.
Timucuan
30 x 48
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
For thousands of years prior to the arrival of European explorers, Timucuan Indians populated North Florida by the tens of thousands. Although French and Spanish explorers of the 1500’s described them as tall, strong, and athletic people, by the early 1700’s nearly all of the Timucua had perished -- mostly due to their vulnerability to disease brought by colonists and Spanish missionaries. Many believe their spiritual presence is still felt in the form of ancestral “guardians”, which were traditionally assigned to watch over the dead in ancient Timucuan rituals. Large shadowy figures have consistently been reported lurking on the locations of old Spanish Catholic missions, such as the current Nombre De Dios (by the 208 foot tall cross), the Tolomato Cemetery, and the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, where the Smithsonian Institute, during digs conducted in the 1930’s,uncovered unique Timucuan burials.
Original Client, Ripleys Believe it or Not!
For thousands of years prior to the arrival of European explorers, Timucuan Indians populated North Florida by the tens of thousands. Although French and Spanish explorers of the 1500’s described them as tall, strong, and athletic people, by the early 1700’s nearly all of the Timucua had perished -- mostly due to their vulnerability to disease brought by colonists and Spanish missionaries. Many believe their spiritual presence is still felt in the form of ancestral “guardians”, which were traditionally assigned to watch over the dead in ancient Timucuan rituals. Large shadowy figures have consistently been reported lurking on the locations of old Spanish Catholic missions, such as the current Nombre De Dios (by the 208 foot tall cross), the Tolomato Cemetery, and the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, where the Smithsonian Institute, during digs conducted in the 1930’s,uncovered unique Timucuan burials.