"Through still life and portraiture, I use painting to create accessible work that relates the innate desire to connect. By manipulating design, composition, and narrative, I am able to intimate ideas that are either preconceived or find themselves in the process. My artistic impulse stems from a singular obsession with painting that I have realized cannot be denied. Whether poetic or polemical, my work strives to leave an impact on viewers that leaves them asking questions about the connections we find around ourselves." - Julie Beck |