Benitez’s sculptures began as three-dimensional extensions of his perspective drawings. The first pieces were made in 2005 as maquettes for the study of shadows and proportions. Although not intended as sculptures, they caught the attention of curators who insisted on showing them together with the drawings. In 2014, the maquettes evolved into elaborate independent sculptures that incorporated hydrocal casts of plants, animals, and gargoyle-like figures from originals made in polymer clay. The resulting absurdity and eclecticism reflect a love of Northern Renaissance influences and a thoroughly Spanish and Catalan penchant for irrational excesses.