Preben Beck (trained artisan from the School of Art and Design in Copenhagen) makes abstract and figurative images, painted in happy dynamic colours. There are almost always figures or landscapes hidden in the pictures, so if you look at them long enough you will find small quirks in them. The entire color palette is in use and by using many contrasting colors, the depth in the images is created so that the colors play to and against each other. The inspiration is taken from nature and from experiences in everyday life and the pictures never have a title. Preben almost always paints for music, especially classical rock.
In my paintings, I primarily depict people, the family and the relationship, in a multitude of colors and contrasts, where rules and norms for color composition and the design of people do not exist.
Based on sketches, of the motifs I want to depict, I work from one layer, and deeper into the motif. I have a central focus on the sound of the colors, and consciously seek to leave the image as open as possible, in order to preserve the life that lies in the expressive strokes.
I am self-taught and have been painting for over 20 years. In that time it has turned into quite a few exhibitions at fairs, in art associations, public institutions and galleries.
I am a member of the Art Collection and Nordic Art, and collaborate with ArtQueen in Sweden.
Contemporary Art Kerteminde
The gallery ‘Contemporary Art Kerteminde’ is part of ‘Cosy Times Ceramics’. In the summer / autumn 2023 there are ongoing exhibitions, colourful abstract paintings by the danish painters Preben Beck and Martin Boldsen.
