Kevin Beck’s preferred habitat is the out-of-doors.  So it’s only natural that he should be a plein aire painter.  While painting outside he encounters plants, animals, insects, weather and humans – all in their elemental states – unencumbered, unaffected and at peace.  His stillness and immersion in the landscape causes him to merge with the environment – thus remaining unobserved.  His keen eye captures the commonly un-noticed – thus allowing the viewer of his work to expand his vision of the world.  Kevin captures the true essence of what he sees – not just the known or the visual. 

Observe his landscapes, tree portraits, cloudscapes and watery reflections.  In them the viewer sees more than bark & leaves, water & shore, land & & sky.  Rather, she experiences a kaleidoscope of interconnecting movement, emotion, drama and hue – revealing the seen with the unseen; the known with the unknown. 

Kevin’s stillness is essential to the plein air experience.  As a man he exudes gentleness.  His art advocate a reverence for all life.

Kevin Beck has painted all his life - and began as a full time artist in 1995.  He paints in oils and pastels.  He is collected broadly in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australasia and is included in numerous corporate collections including:  Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Suntrust Banks, Tennessee Valley Authority, Wachovia Bank and now the American Embassy in Copenhagen.  In addition to his own gallery (The Upstairs Gallery in Blowing Rock, NC), six galleries represent him: Liz-Beth Gallery (Knoxville, TN), Somerhill Gallery (Chapel Hill, NC), ArtSource (Raleigh, NC), Arts ‘n Things (Morehead City, NC), carmen’s on Solomons Island, MD and Primitive Images in Harbor Springs, Michigan.  Please visit them if you find yourself in theses cities and towns.