MARK BECK "The Light That Shines"

MARK BECK THE LIGHT THAT SHINES AUGUST 1 -28, 2020

MARK BECK THE LIGHT THAT SHINES AUGUST 2020 Mark Beck’s “The Light That Shines” showcases the landscape through the lens and backdrop of our time in seclusion. The simple house structures are emblems for our lives which have suddenly contracted toward our homes. At first glance, some of these small abodes may seem uninhabitable, but there are simultaneously signs of life and the enormous healing power of the ocean and sky. These images also show an independence and interdependence between man and nature. With a certain lens, these small houses can also be seen as the perfect place, the state of eternal bliss within, a refuge from the tumult of the world. In this way, Beck’s structures are a type of totem and metaphor for the individual.

The works in this exhibition are rich in artistic tradition, relying on the landscape to reveal its own narrative.

Beck has been a professional painter for 50 years, studying works by the Hudson River School since he was a young boy and deeply inspired by artists like Edward Hopper among many other contemporary artists. He works to eliminate as much unnecessary detail in a painting as possible, getting at the very essence of an idea or emotion in the simplest and most direct form possible. With a vibrancy and beauty that sits along a type of silence, Beck’s paintings capture the human condition and our relationship with the healing powers of nature.

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Riverbank oil on panel 24 x 24 in.

Polka Dot Dress acrylic on panel 24 x 49 in.

Fall oil on linen 25 x 20 in.

New Digs acrylic on panel 24 x 24 in.

Paradise Lost and Found acrylic on panel 30 x 30 in.

Color Construct acrylic on canvas 30 x 36 in.

Splendid Isolation acrylic on panel 24 x 24 in.

Moment of Truth acrylic on panel 24 x 49 in.

Shack acrylic on panel 24 x 24 in.

The Revelation of Nature, acrylic on panel, 24 x 49 in.

Evening Light oil on panel 8 x 10 in.

Gunther’s Home oil on panel 8 x 10 in.

The Waiting Game acrylic on panel 24 x 49 in.

Reflections of Another Life acrylic on panel 30 x 30 in.

PRG presents: MARK BECK, “The Light That Shines” video

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MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS 2017 Laguna Museum of Art, Palette to Palate Artist Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA

Oceanside Museum of Art, Home Exhibition, Oceanside, CA 2014 Albuquerque Museum, Annual Miniatures & More Invitational, Albuquerque, NM 2013 San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, The Tyranny of Beauty, San Luis Obispo, CA

Albuquerque Museum, Annual Miniatures & More Invitational, Albuquerque, NM 2007 Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA 2003 Albuquerque Museum, 11th Annual Juried “Albuquerque Contemporary”, Albuquerque, NM

Millicent Rogers Museum. 14th Annual Juried Portrait Show, Taos, NM 1999 The Arts Fund Museum, Solo First Place Award Show, Santa Barbara, CA Long Beach Museum of Art, “Under One Roof” group show with Robert Cottingham, Long Beach, CA 1990 California State University, Julian A. McPhee Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA SELECTED LIST OF EXHIBITIONS 2020 2019 2018

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Patricia Rovzar Gallery, The Light That Shines, Seattle, WA George Billis Gallery, New York City, NY Patricia Rovzar Gallery, American Narratives, Seattle, WA Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Untold Stories, Laguna Beach, CA Trees Place Gallery, Alive with Color, Orleans, MA Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Untold Stories, Laguna Beach, CA Trees Place Gallery, Mark Beck, New Paintings, Orleans, MA Sue Greenwood Fine Art, New Paintings by Mark Beck, Laguna Beach, CA Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Mark Beck Painting Live, San Luis Obispo, CA San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Mark Beck Painting Live, San Luis Obispo, CA The Vault Gallery, New Paintings, Cambria, California Sue Greenwood Fine Art, New Work by Mark Beck, Laguna Beach, CA Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, CA J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY Exhibit 208, Silent Monuments, Albuquerque, NM Cline Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ Vault Gallery, Cambria, CA Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Vault Gallery, Cambria, CA J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Vault Gallery, Cambria, CA J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Vault Gallery, Cambria, CA J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA The Arts Fund Santa Barbara, Solo Exhibit, Santa Barbara, CA Vault Gallery, Cambria, CA Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Vault Gallery, Cambria, CA Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA Vault Gallery, Cambria, CA Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA Gallery Hanku, Osaka, Japan Just Looking Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA California State University, Julian A. McPhee Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA