Robert Beauchamp

Beauchamp's paintings and drawings are known for depicting dramatic creatures and figures with expressionistic colors.

When not creating art he also played sports; football and basketball, and enjoyed chemistry and geology.

While in high school Beauchamp would go, every Monday, to the public library and a local museum where he would read books about art; specifically French painting, as assigned by Thomas.

[2] Beauchamp eventually joined the Navy and then returned to Colorado Springs to continue his studies.

Seeking to make money, and to follow his love for a girl, Beauchamp decided to attend Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1947–1948.

[2] Beauchamp moved to New York City in the early 1950s[1] and was involved in the Tenth Street galleries, which provided outlets for more experimental artists and the second generation of abstract expressionists.

Beauchamp had little intention of ever selling his large works, preferring to create them due to the slow and intense experience he received from the process.

[2] In 2006 the University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Visual & Performing Arts hosted an exhibition of Beauchamp's pieces from the 1960s, curators stated that Beauchamp's work: "effortlessly blends innovative style elements with narrative, descriptive images.

One senses equal enjoyment in the manipulation of, and interaction with, color and paint, and the often sudden and unexpected presence of a wasp or a lump of sugar.