Paul Beckingham.
I am a realism painter based in New England, with a particular love for painting flowers and still life. I love to capture small scenes showing off nature or telling a story.
Floral subject matter challenges the artist to recreate piercing color and elegant lines, and when presented in certain lighting that accentuates the form, can create works of beauty.
Still life paintings do all that and add the element of narrative, which can pose questions or invite the viewer to unravel the story. Both timeless and nostalgic elements are used to that effect. I like to look at larger scenes as though they were also still life.
I like my work to present a viewing experience that invites a closer look.
Contact me for commissions.
Representation
13Forest
167A Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02474
781 641 3333
Bowersock Gallery
373 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA 02657
508 487 4994
Memberships
Copley Society of Art
158 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116
The oldest non-profit art association in the United States, with a history dating back to 1879.
Academic Artists Association
A non-profit organization working to promote and encourage the showing of realistic art, organized by Harriet R. Lumis in 1949.
Cambridge Art Association
25 Lowell St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Building a vibrant community through visual art: connecting individuals and facilitating dialogue among artists and art lovers of all backgrounds. Est 1944.
Exhibitions
2024
Richeson75 Animals, Birds & Wildlife 2024, ‘Coleoptera II’. Finalist
13Forest, Plenty, ‘Long Line Cod Fishing’
Copley Society of Art, Holiday Small Works 2024, ‘St Nicolas’, ‘Leopard Lacewing’, ‘Blue Clipper’. Award of Merit
Guild of Boston Artists, 2024 Regional Exhibition, ‘Omega Lathe’
Workshop13, New England Fine Arts Exhibition 2024, ‘St Nicolas’, ‘Jade’. Honorable Mention
13Forest, No Place Like Home, in a three-person show with ‘13Forest’, ‘Playtime’, ‘First Parish Tower’, ‘Mass Ave / Water St’, ‘Mass Ave / Mill St’ and ‘Wood & Strings’
Copley Society of Art, Glow, showing ‘AUTOCRATES vitalisi’ and ‘HEXARTHRIUS deyrollei’. Award of Merit
TILL Art Wave, Looking Up / Looking Down, showing ‘Ground Cover’
Academic Artists Association, 74th Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism, showing ‘Coleoptera II’. Excellence in Oils Award
2023
13Forest, Plenty, showing ‘Orchid’
Copley Society of Art, Holiday Small Works, showing ‘ENOPLOCERUS armillatus’, ‘EUDICELLA gralli’, and ‘PYRODES nitilus’
13Forest, As Luck Would Have It, showing ‘As Luck Would Have It’
Richeson75, Still Life & Floral, showing ‘Spring Narcissus’
Workshop13, New England Fine Arts Exhibiton 5th Annual, showing ‘Omega Lathe’, ‘Electrical Panel’, and ‘Long Line Code Fishing‘. Best in Show
Cambridge Art Association, Mary Schein Fall Salon, showing ‘AUTOCRATES vitalisi’
Academic Artists Association, 73rd Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism, showing ‘Cat’s Eye’
Copley Society of Art, Refresh, showing ‘Affodyle’
Cambridge Art Association, Members Prize Show, showing ‘Eryngium’
Copley Society of Art, New Members Show, showing ‘Breakfast’, ‘Ate All The Triangles’, and ‘Blå Dag’
Cambridge Common, Solo, showing ‘Omega Lathe’, ‘Craftsman’, ‘After the Fog (the grave of Winslow Homer)’, ‘Metropolitan Hospital Sunset’, ‘Horseshoe Crab’, ‘Flagstaff Lake, Maine’, ‘Red Scarf’, ‘Quality Street’, ‘Lacrimae Rerum’, ‘Jeanne d’Arc’, ‘Bees’, ‘Oxford Town Hall’, ‘Junk Yard’, and ‘Georgia Sunflowers’
2022
Boston Design Center, showing ‘Bees’
Copley Society of Art, Holiday Small Works, showing ‘Chicago Pencil Sharpener’, ‘Trash - Montevarchi II’, and ‘Walking Home From The Speedway’
Cambridge Art Association, Mary Schein Fall Salon, showing ‘Bees’
Richeson75, Landscape, Seascape & Architecture, showing ‘Blå Dag’. Meritorious Selection
Bowersock Gallery, Still As a Vision, showing ‘Spring Bouquet’, ’Chronotrope’
Providence Art Club, National Open Juried Exhibition 2022, showing ‘Felix and the Loon’. Award of Merit
Trekell / Todd M. Casey, Still Life Competition, showing ‘Felix and the Loon’. Honorable Mention
Hudson Valley Art Association, 89th Annual Juried Exhibition, showing ‘After the Fog (the grave of Winslow Homer)‘
Workshop13, Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition 4th Annual, showing 'Ware Package Store’, ‘Chicago Pencil Sharpener’ and ‘Cat’s Eye'. Honorable Mention
Cambridge Art Association, Members Prize Show, showing ‘Spring Bouquet’. Artist of the Year
Academic Artists Association, 72nd Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism, showing ‘Chicago Pencil Sharpener’
2021
Cambridge Art Association, November at the Speedway, showing ‘Castle Crags’, ‘Castle Lake’
Arlington Center for the Arts, REAL! - A juried Exhibition Focused on Realism in Art, showing ‘Qi’s Orchid Blooms’, ‘Tangello Peeled’, and ‘Medicinal Compound’. Juror’s Prize
Cambridge Art Association, Summer Small Works, showing ‘Grapes’ and ‘Qi’s Orchid Blooms’
Workshop13, New England Fine Arts Exhibition 3rd Annual, showing ‘Spring Bouquet’, ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ and ‘Weymouth Carnival 1962’. Honorable Mention
2020
Academic Artists Association, 71st Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism, showing ‘Medicinal compound‘ Merit Award (Oils)
Cambridge Art Association, Mary Schein Fall Salon, showing ‘Coastal Haze’ Honorable Mention
Workshop13, Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition 2nd Annual, showing ‘Breakfast‘
13Forest, invitational, showing ‘New Bedford’
13Forest, Panorama three-person invitational, showing ‘Oarweed’, ‘Polperro Quay’, ‘Lacrimae Rerum’, ‘Coastal Haze’ and others
Cambridge Art Association, Broken Beauty, showing ‘By Any Other Name
Belmont Gallery of Art, 20/20 Vision: What We See, showing ‘Castle Lake’, ‘Turtle’, ‘Garlic & Onion’
2019
Cambridge Art Association, Holiday Small Works, showing ‘Rabbit’, ‘Qi’s Orchid Blooms’, ‘Tulips’
Gallery Twist, Illumination, showing ‘Swan in Last Light’, ‘Great Meadows’, ‘After the Fog (the grave of Winslow Homer)’
13Forest, Plenty, showing ‘Daffodil’, ‘Off Harbor Road’, ‘Non Volere Niente’, ‘The Shortest Day’, ‘Chinese Food 2’
Arlington Center for the Arts, Very Superstitious, showing ‘Fiori Essiccati’
Lincoln Arts Project, Donus, showing ‘Donuts’
Cambridge Art Association, Mary Schein Fall Salon, showing ‘Off Harbor Road’. First Prize
Cambridge Art Association, Visual Feast, showing ‘Cinque Terre’
Cambridge Art Association, Members Prize Show, showing ‘Chinese takeout II’
Workshop13, Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition, 1st Annual, showing ‘Sugar Bowl’, ‘The Shortest Day’, ‘Lemons’
Gallery Twist, Thrive, showing ‘Forythia’, ‘Daffodil’
2018
Mosesian Center For The Arts, Watertown Art Association Members Show, showing ‘Vernazza Boats’ Third Prize
Mosesian Center For The Arts, Members Show, showing ‘59LL Pump’, and ‘River Wharfe’
Cambridge Art Association, Mary Schein Fall Salon, showing ‘Tar Spot’. Honorable Mention
Mosesian Center For The Arts, You Are Here, showing ‘Cinque Terre’