Megan Menzies

Her paintings often possess a dreamlike, cinematic quality. The translucent properties of oil paint, combined with techniques like layering, superimposition, and glazing, are crucial to her process. Through these methods, she explores storytelling, recollection, and the act of looking. By experimenting with form and technique, Menzies seeks to delve deeper into the emotional core of the dreamlike moments she portrays.

Beck depicts angular, geometric forms and twisting asymmetrical perspectives. Using oil paint to create his architectural language, he draws inspiration from Scandinavian minimalist and mid-century design to dominate sharp forms whilst still creating areas of negative space. Almost exclusively working in monochrome, the contrasting shapes work to subvert and affect the spaces they inhabit almost as optical illusions.

The monumental nature of Beck’s canvases is a mix of geometric perspectives of shapes with a mathematician’s attention to detail and Scandinavian minimalist design. This allows him to create work that is both of fine art and of staggering precision. The incredibly intentional quality of Beck’s work is reflective and carries power within in it that rises above the superficial to produce work that is harmonious in its careful balance of forms.