Morgan Beckwith lives in Goshen Vermont in a little farmhouse with her family and critters who you often see in her work. She enjoys painting at her kitchen table by the wood stove or in her little nook at the top of the stairs.

Morgan mostly makes smaller portraits of the little objects that she cherishes in those in-between moments... the tomatoes that look so perfect in the afternoon light, the fresh apple blossoms that will fade in their first storm. Her paintings are most often painted in gouache with details and cross hatching in colored pencil, and crayon. Her line work is inspired by calligraphic drawings, engravings and old master drawings.

"Painting for me is a way to savor a moment, an afternoon in the garden, a way to look back and remember the sound of geese in the yard, goats grazing fall grass, my daughter collecting rocks and sharing tomatoes with the dogs. Painting is a way of cataloging the feeling of times in my life I want to never forget."

Morgan began painting seriously in high school, traveling for classes. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in 2012. She has a special interest in methods and materials leading her to art conservation where she worked for a time.

She now tends a small farm with her family and working dogs. She paints while her daughter naps.