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Line Paintings and Drawings by Kate Beck

Kate Beck is a Maine-based artist whose primary palette includes black, white, and grey. Her Form Surface series, which are line paintings and drawings that are created by using things like graphite and poured oil and enamel on aluminum, paper, and linen, are studies in tonal gradation. The minimal works are impressive to say the least.

Beck’s Manifesto:

I believe white to be the most inherently beautiful color as it carries with it the potential to simultaneously expose and negate space.

I believe black to be the most innately powerful color as it is defined by the presence of light as well as by the absence of light.

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.