Nathan Beard

Nathan Beard’s paintings provide a meditative pause in which viewers can dwell upon the potential congruity between human agency, biological and terrestrial processes, and cosmological forces. One is encouraged to evaluate the importance of their choices and the effect they have not only upon the present, but also upon the future and the past. They are asked to consider exactly what type of self-preservation they summon when confronted with daily challenges or major life events. Most importantly, viewers are invited to reestablish their own relationship to cause and effect in the face of the unpredictable, unknowable and vast.

Nathan was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Colorado State University in 2001 and then worked in galleries and as an Art Consultant in Denver, CO for seven years. He grew up on a dairy farm in western New York. Prior to his university studies, Nathan lived in Egypt for one year as an exchange student and, upon his return, worked as a cowboy in Wyoming for two years. Nathanmaintains a studio in St. Petersburg, FL where he lives with his wife and daughter. His work is represented by ARTicles Art Gallery and Custom Framing (St. Petersburg, FL) and by the Darrell Edwards Art Gallery (Southport, NC).