ARTIST STATEMENT

RECENT WORK-URBAN WALLS SERIES:
TIME PREDOMINATES
UNKNOWN ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE
NEW ADDITIONS CONTINUE
A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS CREATED
THE WORK IS EVER CHANGING
THE EVOLUTION IS REMARKABLE
GRITTY SURFACES DELIGHT
THE INANIMATE AGES JUST LIKE US

BLUE OBJECT SCULPTURAL SERIES
EXPERIMENTAL SURFACES USING MANY LAYERS OF FOUND MATERIALS
FOCUS ON THE 3-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE
STUDIES OF DIFFERENT COLOR COMBINATIONS JUXTAPOSED WITH UNIQUE TEXTURES AND RAW SURFACES
THESE EXPLORATIONS RESULT IN COMPLEX OBJECTS THAT ARE NONREPRESENTATIONAL AND ABSTRACT
I HOPE TO CREATE AN EXPERIENCE OF INTEREST AND CURIOSITY

​  PRINCIPLES OF MINIMALISM IN ABSTRACT ART SEEM TO BE A DIRECT FIT FOR BECKMANN.  ART THAT HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY AND DOES NOT IMITATE REPRESENTATIONAL FORMS CREATES A DIFFERENT REALITY.  CHRISTI BECKMANN WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE TRUTH, SIMPLICITY, AND ENERGY OF THIS DISCIPLINE AS 2018 PROGRESSES.