Mark Beck

I had a version of this one in a show in Southern California. The gallery told me a client was just disgusted that I would address global climate issues in a painting, lol.
This image can operate in many contexts as a metaphor for just about anything, which is why I keep painting these beleaguered houses caught in a crisis. These days the allusions are handier than a smartphone when you’re trying to avoid something lol.

Surge
30 x 48
Acrylic on pvc panel

I was staring out the window of my studio at the light shining in on this l”canvas and I saw how beautiful the sunshine was and how still the air felt. Then I stretched a canvas and painted it.
This is not a product for a gallery. This is not decor for a wall. This is what I saw and what felt important to me at the time. By the way, the painting of the girl only exists here….

Studio Corner
22 x 30
Acrylic on canvas

In a world that somehow thinks a person’s appearance is vastly more important than our shared humanity, I feel compelled to paint beauty where I see it, especially where so many deny it’s existence.

Ivy
16 x 22
Acrylic on nylon