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Mark Beck at Work Across My Home  - Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 30 $7500 Intrusion - Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 54 $22,000 Beach Front Room SOLD - Acrylic on Canvas 28 x 36 $10,000 Beach Town #4  - Acrylic n Canvas 24 x 24 American Landscape - Acrylic on Canvas 50 x 80 $33,000 Beach Town 2 - Acrylic  on Canvas 24 x 28 $7000 North Wind - Acrylic on Canvas 18 x 24 $4500 Revolver{ November Afternoon} - Acrylic on Canvas 22 x 26 $6,000 Ripple in Still Water - Acrylic on Canvas  40x 48
$18,700 South End _1 - Acrylic on Canvas 22 x 22 $5,000 The Wind - Acrylic on Canvas 18 x 18
Mark Beck

“My paintings represent an interest I have in the traditional image of the United States - particularily the notion of the ‘American Dream’ and how we go about finding it or losing it. I am inspired by this long held American notion along with a more sober perspective of present-day America: a country that often appears lost, searching and in opposition to its founding principals. I try to make beautiful paintings which convey in a subtle way certain glorifications or realities of our life in America. I admire the works of Flannery O'Connor, Charles Burchfield, Walker Evans, Edward Hopper, Robert Cottingham and others who, in my opinion, succeed at interpreting commonplace American objects and people that can sometimes be overlooked. These artists have greatly influenced my paintings and through my work I attempt to create with their same honesty by illuminating certain American conditions. I am particularly interested in the simple forms of older American buildings and the universal symbol of a home. In painting, a home is a point of departure for me. It is a vehicle to express serenity, belonging, rootedness, a sad memory or even a self made prison.”