Mark Beck
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Morning Star
acrylic on panel, 24 x 24, $8000
The Plain
acrylic on panel, 22 x 30, $7500
Young Woman and the Sea
acrylic on panel, 18 x 24, $7000
The Hike
acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60, $29000
Annuit Coeptis
acrylic and collage on canvas, 40 x 30, $16000
About the artist...
I’ve been fortunate to make my living solely as an artist for more than thirty five years. The beauty of the American landscapes is endlessly inspiring to me. Beauty and a refined quality in paintings is important to me, both in the materials I select (high quality pigments and canvas, linen and frames) as well as the unique method I use to apply oil paint to surfaces.
I was born in New Mexico and consider this my home however each year I travel to the coasts to paint and photograph what inspires me. My most recent trip to The South was fascinating and informative for me, having spent my entire life in the west. My current body of work reflects many ideas I harvested there within the plantations, bayous, swamps, dirt roads, dive bars, and dance halls.
Living in the high desert of New Mexico has also taught me about light and informed my paintings with a depth of solitude and tranquility. The unique cultures here, steeped in history, inspire and fascinate me.
My subject matter will continue to develop from my urge to reconcile the lush, radiant images of Manifest Destiny, which caught my eye as a young artist, and the more sober visions of current American culture and politics. I love the immense beauty which always surrounds us and continue to be inspired by the everyday lives of working people.
Mark Beck