Mark Beck

This painting has been on and off my easel for years. I’ve learned a lot about painting since I started it. I was finally able to express a certain feeling of vulnerability. It’s been through a lot of changes. I finally like it.

Portrait of a Child
24 x 18
Acrylic on panel

In the Fall
12 x 12
Acrylic on canvas

Racism is implemented by those in a position of power over the labor force. The objective is to prevent a unified group objection to labor conditions, pay, hours, etc., etc. A good way to do that is to disrupt the natural harmony of workers working side by side , Black, white or brown.
Simply give a slightly better deal to whites( the owners are white) and that will sow division and enmity amongst the workforce that becomes too distracted to organize for fairness.
It’s been working for hundreds of years. People start believing the racial lies and then you have even more problems throughout society. The powerful love it and they keep it alive.
Unfortunately, it works on general populations…
Of course it’s much more complicated than that and, like a disease, spreads across borders and is now a major source of wealth worldwide…

That’s a painting of me looking into the unknown reaches of where I grew up…