Faeries by Doug Beekman

When I was a child, I had been so fascinated with stories on magical faeries with glowing butterfly wings. They are just beautiful, ethereal beings from lost stories that haunt my imagination...up to now.

Doug Beekman must have been lured by these magical beings in a picture of innocence and freedom. I love the way light is painted using Mixed Media, as if I can almost feel that ethereal glow in this sacred forest where they dance. Perhaps, the artist must have seen them for real. I may never know. The possibilities are endless and it's nice to have an open mind.


More about the Artist:

Doug Beekman was born at an early age and grew up in northwestern Ohio. At age 19, he moved to New York City, enrolling at the School of Visual Arts and then the Art Students League of New York, where he studied with Daniel Greene, David Leffel and the late Robert E. Schulz.

To date, Beekman has exhibited at the Delaware Art Museum, Canton Museum of Art, Society of Illustrators of New York, Salmagundi Club, Words and Pictures Museum, and in numerous gallery exhibits. He has also had a one man show at the Wistarihurst Museum of Massachusetts in 1998.

What is your Passion?

"Passion is key to my art. When I experience a strong internal sense evoked by a special place or visualized scene, then capturing and conveying that feeling becomes my goal. It’s an evocative quality that draws me to want to paint a given subject - out of the thousands of images I could put on canvas...that I want share with the person looking at it."