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Here and Now, Beck’s first solo exhibition since his 2021 Michener Art Museum retrospective, expands on his representational work in New York, Maine and Bucks County. The show reveals a clear evolution in both the plein air and studio paintings Beck is known for. The theme of the representational artist’s work is the world around us.
“The paintings done from life are an immediate reaction,” says Beck. “They describe what it’s like to be there. The studio paintings are freed from those confines, and fed by imagination and experience. But they still center on how I feel about things in our lives.”
Here and Now includes a special selection of images created in New York, as well as the first gallery exhibition of two large works returning from museum shows: Thicket—featured in this year’s prestigious Woodmere Open, and December Scallops—exhibited in the American Society of Marine Artists National Exhibition.
For three decades, Beck has played a leading role in the region’s art community, both as a leader and an advocate, and he is recognized as an important voice at the leading edge of the Bucks County art heritage. His love for where he grew up is evident in his local subjects, including locations on both sides of the Delaware River.
“You know right away they are Robert’s paintings,” says gallery owner Ruth Morpeth, who first showed Beck in 1997, “They have always connected with people, and each exhibition reveals an expansion of depth and eloquence.” Here and Now, September 14 through October 6, Morpeth Contemporary, 43 W. Broad St., Hopewell, NJ. Wed-Sun, 11-5 609-333-9393