I am interested in creating work that captures the viewer in a dynamic, physical moment.My paintings are gestural abstractions of contemporary life and human consciousness. They embrace a sense of time and place by acknowledging the specter of human memory within the pace of day-to-day living. I use viscous layers of super-saturated oil color applied against large, quiet surfaces to suggest ease, suspension, conflict and even silence. In this way, I am able to move into the work surface, not simply to reproduce the obvious, but rather to seek greater clarity of vision, more truths.I like to think my work is about surface, structure and luminosity.Kate Beck, 2007