Artist Louis Beck Learns it is Never too Late to Follow a Dream

GUARDIAN ANGELS
By Aprille Hanson

Artist Louis Beck describes the most expensive piece in his art gallery, a 5-foot-by-4-foot, 150-pound wood carving of the Last Supper, priced at $30,000. He worked on the carving periodically for a little more than 20 years.

ARKANSAS - Artist Louis Beck describes the most expensive piece in his art gallery, a 5-foot-by-4-foot, 150-pound wood carving of the Last Supper, priced at $30,000. He worked on the carving periodically for a little more than 20 years. Artist Louis Beck will admit no painting is perfect, but said the closest he's painted would be the portrait of his wife Lottie, who died in February 2010. "About March (2010), I thought I'd paint her portrait," Beck said. "I found such a satisfaction in painting and it really kind of gave me piece of mind." As his inner artist was reawakened, so was an old dream the couple shared -- owning a gallery. The same year, Beck renovated a building he owned into what is now L & L Beck Art Gallery at 5705 Kavanaugh Boulevard in Little Rock, AK. [link]