May 1 –June 3, 2024

Siri Beckman: A Lifetime of Wood Engravings

Artist’s Reception: May 8, 5–7pm

Book Launch & Talk: with Siri Beckman:
Wednesday, May 22, 4:30–6pm

Courthouse Gallery is pleased to present Siri Beckman: A Lifetime of Wood Engravings, a solo exhibition highlighting 26 framed, and numerous sleeved, prints from her collection of linocuts and wood engravings. The exhibition will be held in conjunction with the launch of The Prints of Siri Beckman: Engraving a Sense of Place (Down East Books 2024), a newly released hard cover book featuring more than 100 of her enchanting prints. Beckman is one of 200 printmaker nationwide who practice the art of wood engraving. This volume is a celebration of her life’s work and legacy. Text by Beckman discusses the process of wood engraving and her passion for printmaking and book arts, while author Carl Little establishes Beckman’s place in the canon of Maine art. The Book Launch and Talk with Siri Beckman will be held at Courthouse Gallery on Wednesday, May 22 at 4:30pm.

Siri Beckman was born in Chicago, Illinois. She made her way to Maine in the late 1970s where she was “called” to wood engraving quite by accident when she received a grant in 1985 to study in England. Here she discovered private press books, one of the historic origins of wood engraving developed in England during the last half of the eighteenth century. This led to graduate school in 1990 at the University of Arts in Philadelphia where she earned an MFA in Printmaking and Book Arts in 1992. Beckman has been practicing this art form ever since.

Beckman’s early wood engravings are strongly influenced by her environment and daily life in the Maine fishing town of Stonington, Maine, where she lived up until a few years ago when she relocated to Bath, Maine. Throughout her career, Beckman held several teaching positions at colleges and at the Haystack Mountain School of Craft. In 1997, Beckman received her first Artist in Residence at Acadia National Park, followed by five other residencies in the western United States, including Badlands, Rocky Mountain, Hovenweep, Grand Canyon, and Mesa Verde National Parks. These experiences awakened Beckman to color. Over the next fourteen years, she moved through journal keeping in watercolor, painting with oils, to printmaking with multiple blocks. Beckman’s work has been in numerous exhibitions in Maine and beyond and is in the collections of the Library of Congress, Farnsworth Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Harvard University, and several other institutions.

 

Hardcover Book
The Prints of Siri Beckman: Engraving a Sense of Place
Introduction by Carl Little
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$39.95

 

SIRI BECKMAN
The Carter Farm
wood engraving, 5 x 7 inches
limited edition of 100
$600 SIRI BECKMAN
Breakfast
wood engraving, 4 x 3 inches
limited edition of 100
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Spring Winds
wood engraving, 3.5 x 6 inches
limited edition of 100
$550 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Spring Morning
wood engraving, 5 x 3.75 inches
$550 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Cod Fishing
wood engraving, 2.75 x 4.4 inches
limited edition of 100
$275
SIRI BECKMAN
Tale of the Machias Cod
wood engraving, 8 x 6 inches
limited edition of 100
$600 SIRI BECKMAN
Grizzly
woodcut, 20 x 26 inches
last in limited edition
SOLD OUT SIRI BECKMAN
Woodcock
wood engraving, 3 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100
$350 SIRI BECKMAN
Night Owl
wood engraving, 3.25 x 3 inches
limited edition of 100
$350
SIRI BECKMAN
Moonlit Islands
wood engraving, 4.25 x 3.25 inches
limited edition of 100
$350 SIRI BECKMAN
The Elvers
wood engraving, 6 x 4.75 inches
limited edition of 100
$650 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Before Dawn
wood engraving, 5.75 x 3.25 inches
edition of 100
$450
SIRI BECKMAN
Uninhabited Island
wood engraving, 3 x 2 inches
limited edition of 50
$200 SIRI BECKMAN
The Fisher
wood engraving, 12 x 18 inches
edition of 15
$1100 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Blackberry and Friends
wood engraving, 7.5 x 6 inches
limited edition of 100
SOLD OUT
SIRI BECKMAN
Crossing the Field
wood engraving, 5 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100
$400 SIRI BECKMAN
The Tinker of Salt Cove
wood engraving, 8 x 5 inches
limited edition of 100
$550 SIRI BECKMAN
Barred Owl
wood engraving, 3 x 2.75 inches
limited edition of 100
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Hillside
wood engraving, 4 x 3 inches
limited edition of 100
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Kitchen Still Life
woodblock print, 3 x 2 inches
limited edition of 100
$200 SIRI BECKMAN
Fishing Village
wood engraving, 3 x 2 inches
limited edition of 50
$200 SIRI BECKMAN
Stopping in Woods
wood engraving, 4.5 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100 SIRI BECKMAN
Stoking
wood engraving, 4.5 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Old Cottonwood
wood engraving, 8 x 6 inches
limited edition of 100
$1200 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Moraine Park
wood engraving, 8 x 6 inches
limited edition of 100
$1100 framed SIRI BECKMAN
The Bubbles
linocut, 8 x 10 inches
$1500 framed SIRI BECKMAN
The Three Friends
woodcut, 10 x 11 inches
limited edition of 5
$1500 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Ice Cream
wood engraving, 3.5 x 3.5 inches
limited edition of 100
$250 SIRI BECKMAN
Our Town
wood engraving, 3 x 3.5 inches
limited edition of 100
$275
SIRI BECKMAN
Strawberry Pickers
framed wood engraving, 4 x 5 inches
limited edition of 50
$400 SIRI BECKMAN
Remembering
wood engraving, 3 x 2 inches
limited edition
$350 SIRI BECKMAN
January Spring Tide
wood engraving, 6 x 4 inches
limited edition
$500 SIRI BECKMAN
The Two Girls
wood engraving, 7.25 x 5.5 inches
limited edition of 10
$550 SIRI BECKMAN
The Ferry Ride
linocut print, 10 x 7 inches
$975 SIRI BECKMAN
Salt Cover
wood engraving, 7.5 x 4.5 inches
limited edition
$500 SIRI BECKMAN
Seaside Chapel
wood engraving, 6 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100
$500 SIRI BECKMAN
Otter Cove
wood engraving, 6 x 4.75 inches
limited edition of 100
$400
SIRI BECKMAN
Good Dog
wood engraving, 9 x 7.325, limited limited edition of 100
$650 SIRI BECKMAN
The Crossing
wood engraving, 4.5 x 10 inches
limited edition of 100
$750 SIRI BECKMAN
Two Deer
wood engraving, 1.325 x 4.125 inches
limited edition of 100
$200 SIRI BECKMAN
Farmhouse at Eagle Island
wood engraving, 2.5 x 5.825 inches
limited edition of 100
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Approaching Storm
wood engraving, 4.5 x 10 inches
limited edition of 100
$675 SIRI BECKMAN
Last Light
wood engraving, 5 x 6.628 inches
limited edition of 100
$550 SIRI BECKMAN
Winter Garden
wood engraving, 5 x 4 inches
limited edition of 75
$525 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Swedish Christmas
wood engraving, 4.25 x 3.75 inches
limited edition of 100
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Woods Path
wood engraving, 3 x 1.75 inches
limited edition of 100
$200 SIRI BECKMAN
Yellowstone
wood engraving, 4.25 x 2.5 inches
limited edition
$350 SIRI BECKMAN
Perfect Day
wood engraving, 2.5 x 3.5 inches
limited edition of 100
$200 SIRI BECKMAN
Hearts, Buttons & Fish
wood engraving, 5 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100
$400 SIRI BECKMAN
Pileated Woodpecker
woodcut, 10 x 10 inches
limited edition of 50
$1000 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Pinnacle
wood engraving, 10 x 5 inches
limited edition of 100
$1200 framed SIRI BECKMAN
Snowy Owls
wood engraving, 12.5 x 27 inches
limited edition of 50 SIRI BECKMAN
Dragonfly
wood engraving, 1.75 x 2.75 inches
limited edition
$100 SIRI BECKMAN
Cricket
wood engraving, 1 x 1.625 inches
limited edition
$100 SIRI BECKMAN
Juncoes
wood engraving, 3 x 2.5 inches
limited edition of 100
$275 SIRI BECKMAN
Hummingbird
wood engraving, 1.5 x 2 inches
limited edition
$100 SIRI BECKMAN
Sledding
wood engraving, 4 x 3.75 inches
limited edition of 100
$350 SIRI BECKMAN
Winter Morning
wood engraving and lino, 6.75 x 6.75 inches
limited edition
$800 SIRI BECKMAN
Island Dance
wood engraving, 2.25 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100
$225 SIRI BECKMAN
Denny's River
wood engraving, 3.25 x 6 inches
limited edition of 100
$350 SIRI BECKMAN
Bobolinks
wood engraving, 5 x 7 inches
limited edition of 100
$550 SIRI BECKMAN
Kansas Song
wood engraving, 3 x 3.5 inches
limited edition of 100
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Spruce and Moonlight
wood engraving, 20.5 x 14.5 inches
last print in a limited edition of 20
$1200 SIRI BECKMAN
Two Pelicans
woodcut and lino, 16.75 x 13.625
2 prints left
$1300 SIRI BECKMAN
Basin Pond
wood engraving, 5 x 3 inches
limited edition of 100
$375 SIRI BECKMAN
Sod Table
wood engraving, limited edition of 100, 3.75 x 4 inches
$375 SIRI BECKMAN
Badlands Two
wood engraving, 3.75 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100
$325 SIRI BECKMAN
Grand Canyon
wood engraving, 3 x 4 inches
limited edition of 10
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Badlands
wood engraving, 3.5 x 3 inches
limited edition of 100
$300 SIRI BECKMAN
Foothills
wood engraving, 8 x 6 inches
limited edition of 100
$800 SIRI BECKMAN
Daily Ritual
wood engraving, 3 x 2.125 inches
limited edition of 100
$275 SIRI BECKMAN
Town Line, Spring
wood engraving, 3 x 4 inches
limited edition of 100
$300
SIRI BECKMAN The Carter Farm wood engraving, 5 x 7 inches limited edition of 100 $600
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SIRI BECKMAN Breakfast wood engraving, 4 x 3 inches limited edition of 100 $300
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SIRI BECKMAN Spring Winds wood engraving, 3.5 x 6 inches limited edition of 100 $550 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN Spring Morning wood engraving, 5 x 3.75 inches $550 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN Cod Fishing wood engraving, 2.75 x 4.4 inches limited edition of 100 $275
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SIRI BECKMAN Tale of the Machias Cod wood engraving, 8 x 6 inches limited edition of 100 $600
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SIRI BECKMAN Grizzly woodcut, 20 x 26 inches last in limited edition SOLD OUT
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SIRI BECKMAN Woodcock wood engraving, 3 x 4 inches limited edition of 100 $350
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SIRI BECKMAN Night Owl wood engraving, 3.25 x 3 inches limited edition of 100 $350
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SIRI BECKMAN Moonlit Islands wood engraving, 4.25 x 3.25 inches limited edition of 100 $350
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SIRI BECKMAN The Elvers wood engraving, 6 x 4.75 inches limited edition of 100 $650 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN Before Dawn wood engraving, 5.75 x 3.25 inches edition of 100 $450
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SIRI BECKMAN Uninhabited Island wood engraving, 3 x 2 inches limited edition of 50 $200
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SIRI BECKMAN The Fisher wood engraving, 12 x 18 inches edition of 15 $1100 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN Blackberry and Friends wood engraving, 7.5 x 6 inches limited edition of 100 SOLD OUT
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SIRI BECKMAN Crossing the Field wood engraving, 5 x 4 inches limited edition of 100 $400
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SIRI BECKMAN The Tinker of Salt Cove wood engraving, 8 x 5 inches limited edition of 100 $550
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SIRI BECKMAN Barred Owl wood engraving, 3 x 2.75 inches limited edition of 100 $300
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SIRI BECKMAN Hillside wood engraving, 4 x 3 inches limited edition of 100 $300
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SIRI BECKMAN Kitchen Still Life woodblock print, 3 x 2 inches limited edition of 100 $200
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SIRI BECKMAN Fishing Village wood engraving, 3 x 2 inches limited edition of 50 $200
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SIRI BECKMAN Stopping in Woods wood engraving, 4.5 x 4 inches limited edition of 100
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SIRI BECKMAN Stoking wood engraving, 4.5 x 4 inches limited edition of 100 $300
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SIRI BECKMAN Old Cottonwood wood engraving, 8 x 6 inches limited edition of 100 $1200 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN Moraine Park wood engraving, 8 x 6 inches limited edition of 100 $1100 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN The Bubbles linocut, 8 x 10 inches $1500 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN The Three Friends woodcut, 10 x 11 inches limited edition of 5 $1500 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN Ice Cream wood engraving, 3.5 x 3.5 inches limited edition of 100 $250
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SIRI BECKMAN Our Town wood engraving, 3 x 3.5 inches limited edition of 100 $275
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SIRI BECKMAN Strawberry Pickers framed wood engraving, 4 x 5 inches limited edition of 50 $400
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SIRI BECKMAN Remembering wood engraving, 3 x 2 inches limited edition $350
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SIRI BECKMAN January Spring Tide wood engraving, 6 x 4 inches limited edition $500
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SIRI BECKMAN The Two Girls wood engraving, 7.25 x 5.5 inches limited edition of 10 $550
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SIRI BECKMAN The Ferry Ride linocut print, 10 x 7 inches $975
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SIRI BECKMAN Salt Cover wood engraving, 7.5 x 4.5 inches limited edition $500
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SIRI BECKMAN Seaside Chapel wood engraving, 6 x 4 inches limited edition of 100 $500
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SIRI BECKMAN Otter Cove wood engraving, 6 x 4.75 inches limited edition of 100 $400
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SIRI BECKMAN Good Dog wood engraving, 9 x 7.325, limited limited edition of 100 $650
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SIRI BECKMAN The Crossing wood engraving, 4.5 x 10 inches limited edition of 100 $750
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SIRI BECKMAN Two Deer wood engraving, 1.325 x 4.125 inches limited edition of 100 $200
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SIRI BECKMAN Farmhouse at Eagle Island wood engraving, 2.5 x 5.825 inches limited edition of 100 $300
Inquire
SIRI BECKMAN Approaching Storm wood engraving, 4.5 x 10 inches limited edition of 100 $675
Inquire
SIRI BECKMAN Last Light wood engraving, 5 x 6.628 inches limited edition of 100 $550
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SIRI BECKMAN Winter Garden wood engraving, 5 x 4 inches limited edition of 75 $525 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN Swedish Christmas wood engraving, 4.25 x 3.75 inches limited edition of 100 $300
Inquire
SIRI BECKMAN Woods Path wood engraving, 3 x 1.75 inches limited edition of 100 $200
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SIRI BECKMAN Yellowstone wood engraving, 4.25 x 2.5 inches limited edition $350
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SIRI BECKMAN Perfect Day wood engraving, 2.5 x 3.5 inches limited edition of 100 $200
Inquire
SIRI BECKMAN Hearts, Buttons & Fish wood engraving, 5 x 4 inches limited edition of 100 $400
Inquire
SIRI BECKMAN Pileated Woodpecker woodcut, 10 x 10 inches limited edition of 50 $1000 framed
Inquire
SIRI BECKMAN Pinnacle wood engraving, 10 x 5 inches limited edition of 100 $1200 framed
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SIRI BECKMAN Snowy Owls wood engraving, 12.5 x 27 inches limited edition of 50
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SIRI BECKMAN Dragonfly wood engraving, 1.75 x 2.75 inches limited edition $100
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SIRI BECKMAN Cricket wood engraving, 1 x 1.625 inches limited edition $100
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SIRI BECKMAN Juncoes wood engraving, 3 x 2.5 inches limited edition of 100 $275
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SIRI BECKMAN Hummingbird wood engraving, 1.5 x 2 inches limited edition $100
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SIRI BECKMAN Sledding wood engraving, 4 x 3.75 inches limited edition of 100 $350
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SIRI BECKMAN Winter Morning wood engraving and lino, 6.75 x 6.75 inches limited edition $800
Inquire
SIRI BECKMAN Island Dance wood engraving, 2.25 x 4 inches limited edition of 100 $225
Inquire
SIRI BECKMAN Denny's River wood engraving, 3.25 x 6 inches limited edition of 100 $350
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SIRI BECKMAN Bobolinks wood engraving, 5 x 7 inches limited edition of 100 $550
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SIRI BECKMAN Kansas Song wood engraving, 3 x 3.5 inches limited edition of 100 $300
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SIRI BECKMAN Spruce and Moonlight wood engraving, 20.5 x 14.5 inches last print in a limited edition of 20 $1200
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SIRI BECKMAN Two Pelicans woodcut and lino, 16.75 x 13.625 2 prints left $1300
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SIRI BECKMAN Basin Pond wood engraving, 5 x 3 inches limited edition of 100 $375
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SIRI BECKMAN Sod Table wood engraving, limited edition of 100, 3.75 x 4 inches $375
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SIRI BECKMAN Badlands Two wood engraving, 3.75 x 4 inches limited edition of 100 $325
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SIRI BECKMAN Grand Canyon wood engraving, 3 x 4 inches limited edition of 10 $300
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SIRI BECKMAN Badlands wood engraving, 3.5 x 3 inches limited edition of 100 $300
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SIRI BECKMAN Foothills wood engraving, 8 x 6 inches limited edition of 100 $800
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SIRI BECKMAN Daily Ritual wood engraving, 3 x 2.125 inches limited edition of 100 $275
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SIRI BECKMAN Town Line, Spring wood engraving, 3 x 4 inches limited edition of 100 $300
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