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"Still Power" by Ravenna Beck
24 x 30 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
$1,551
Artist Statement:
I’m endlessly drawn to places where human engineering meets the wild, especially when the relationship feels reverent, not dominating. Cushman 2, with its elegant symmetry and monumental windows, sits like a cathedral on the edge of the Skokomish River. Painting it, I felt the tension and tenderness of that balance and what it means to build within nature rather than over it.
Equinox is a moment of pause between extremes…light and dark, movement and stillness, wild and structured. This piece captures that moment. The crisp lines of the building mirror the geometry of the seasons, while the water and sky move freely around it. It’s a portrait of coexistence.
I aimed to capture the structure’s historic significance as well as its quiet, almost spiritual presence in the landscape. I hope the viewer feels what I felt while painting it: awe, calm, and harmony between the constructed and the organic.
About the Artist:
Ravenna Beck is a visual artist based in Olympia, Washington. She paints landscapes and structures—power stations, homes, abandoned buildings, and other human-made forms that either hold still or give in as the world moves around them. Her work explores the balance between nature and the built environment, and the ways we try to impose order and meaning on something wild.
Beck paints mostly in acrylic, using thick, layered strokes to build texture and depth. The surfaces of her paintings are often uneven, with ridges and scars that some might call unnecessary—much like the way she’s lived her life.
Her practice is shaped by recovery, meditation, play, and a deep curiosity about what remains standing.