Background Information

Chip Beck is a member of the American Society of Portrait Artists (ASOPA). He began his fascination with faces and portrait art during his travels overseas and years spent living among exotic cultures and interesting people the world over. He has sketched Hmong and Bru tribes in Indochina, Afghan warriors, the Ovimbundu in Angola, desert nomads, Druze, Cuna Indians, Cuban workers, and American politicians. From Jonas Savimbi in Angola, hostages in Lebanon, to his son Alex as a Webelos Scout, Beck has captured the faces of people he came to know under ordinary and extraordinary circumstances.

Those clients who wish to commission portraits, or purchase remaining originals from the combat art series, should contact the artist. Prices for new portraits vary according to medium, detail, size, and desired backgrounds or surrounding.