[5] In 1999, Matthew Kangas outlined Beecher's personal and artistic development over the 17-year period after she left the Rhode Island School of Design.
According to Kangas, her artworks "gained regional and national attention in galleries, museums, and private and public art collections".
[5] Judy Wagonfeld of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said of her work, "Stitching scavenged fabric, wood and metal, she crafts offbeat flags and Americana rife with satire.
[9] Kangas notes her largest works are a "nod, both droll and commemorative to Jasper Johns and Joseph Albers".
[8] Kangas comments that while he wants Beecher to explode more beyond the tight quilt grids, her works have a "substantial material presence" that carries her concepts.