Artist Statement:

Stephen V. Beckett, PT, a 35 year resident of Maine will tell you, "I'm just a kid from Orange County and I swear I mean you no harm!" His friends and peers call him a renaissance man. "It's my work he'd say, I do it for pay." (Dylan) Born and raised a quarter mile from Disneyland in southern California explains "most of what's wrong with me." Stephen's always had a compulsion for doing things his own way, and pretty much always has. He built his own house and homesteaded back in '76, and built a harness and leather-goods business up in central Maine out of thin air. Then he learned the healing arts, "switched to live hide", and later graduated from the University of New England with honors, with a degree in Physical Therapy. The month of his fathers passing, he took up oil painting. The rest is here for you to see...

Education:

• Maine College of Art
  Life Painting Class with Janet Manyon – 2005
  Painting for True Blue Beginners Class with Patricia Cobb - 2005
• University of New England, Biddeford, ME Graduated 1998
• Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Physical Therapy, Magne Cum Laude
• Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society
• Dean's List, Cumulative 3.67+ GPA, Pell, SEDG, Maine State, and UNE Grants
• Upledger Institute, West Palm Beach, FL Advanced Craniosacral Therapy, Advanced Visceral Manipulation, L.H. Jones, D.O. Strain-Counterstrain, Zero Balancing, Process Acupressure: 400 contact hours
• Regional PT Dialogues in Contemporary Rehabilitation, Hartford, CT Muscle Energy, Advanced Sacrum, Myofascial Release: 100 contact hours

Awards & Distinctions:

Acceptance into 21'st Annual Maine Open Juried Art Show at Waterville Public Library with Wooden Boat Harbor - 16 x 20 Oil on Panel 2010

Exhibitions:

21'st Annual Maine Open Juried Art Show at Waterville Public Library with Wooden Boat Harbor - 16 x 20 Oil on Panel 2010

Still Point Art Gallery online exhibition, "He is the True Artist whose life is his material." The exhibition opens Wednesday, August 11 and closes October 12, 2010 with Spirit Incarnate - 24 x 30 Oil on Panel 2007, The Guest - 9 x 7 Oil on Panel 2007, Sam Whitener, Sternman - 37 x 24 Oil on panel 2010.

First Friday Artwalk, Portland Maine - The Time Gallery - Stephen V Beckett, Maine Art Studio - Oils from the Wild American Shore - Opening Reception Nov. 7'th Exhibiting thru Nov. 26'th. 30% of proceeds benefit www.HourExchangePortland.org

SPACE GALLERY December 4 to 20, 2007 Free for All Show with Spirit Incarnate - 24 x 30 Oil on Panel 2007

SPLIT - Sponsored by The Drawing Room, Alex Rheault - Opening Friday Dec 14, 2007 to January 4, 2008 with Split: Mother and Child - 9 x 6 Oil on Gessoed Paper 2007

Participation in International Artist Magazine Competition December 2007 with Sunflowers - 16 x 20 Oil on Panel 2007.

Participation in International Artist Magazine Competition November 2007 with Amish Carriage - 16 x 20 Oil on Panel 2005, Red Barn - 18 x 20 Oil on Panel 2007, The Canal - 16 x 20 Oil on Canvas 2007.

EXPLORATION - A JOURNEY IN OILS Portland, Maine – The TIME GALLERY, part of the First Friday Art Walk participating galleries, was pleased to welcome Stephen V. Beckett, local artist and Time Bank member. Opening Friday, September 7, 2006 from 5:00-8:00 pm at the new TIME Gallery location at 62 Elm Street in Portland.

Artistic Influences:

I've studied with, been critiqued by and received encouragement from Brita Holmquist, Janet Manyan, David Campbell, Patricia Cobb, Barbara Loring, Alex Rheault, Andrea Kennett, Nancy Bowker, David Travers, Pam Lord, friends, family and the public at large. I love Da Vinci, Rembrandt, the Impressionists and the Post Impressionists most. You ask me why do I paint? Light!