Pushing the boundaries of traditional photography, Beckwith reworks her images in unexpected ways—embellishing with paint, embroidery, and intentional overexposure to create their ethereal effect. She has also become known for the surprising ways in which she incorporates natural materials – gold leaf, butterfly wings – into her photographic images, a way of uniting her work’s material substance with subject.

In 2022, for example, Beckwith presented her photographs as tapestries on silk and glass, bringing together images made over a decade in England, France and Spain at Fitzrovia Chapel, “a love letter to the Earth”. She describes the exhibition, At the Altar of Time, as “a deeply personal milestone as it marked my first solo show since giving birth to my daughter, Luna.” The works explored movement, music and performance and the natural world, touching on the particular connection between nature and the feminine. “I was deeply inspired by the dramatic beauty and ethereal qualities that echoed the work of the Pre-Raphaelites. With Millais and Rossetti being two of my favourite artists, this exhibition felt like an homage to them, blending nature and femininity into a timeless, woven tapestry of art.”

Photographer, filmmaker and activist Misan Harriman is Beckwith’s Champion for The Wick. He said: “Anouska is an artist whose work possesses a delicate yet profound power. Her deep understanding of nature is woven throughout her art, which embraces multiple mediums while always feeling authentic and purposeful. She has a clear moral compass and sees this wounded world as it is, much of her work feels like medicine for us all. This is why I am proud to Champion her brilliance, it feels like her art isn’t just for us. This is so important right now.”

Beckwith’s next solo exhibition, The Earth is Our Mother, is in the works – in collaboration with the landscape artist Charlie Noton, the multimedia exhibition will speak to the powerful connection between humankind and the land. Before then, Beckwith is included in a group exhibition marrying classical poetry by Arab women with visual works, celebrating the “indomitable spirit of the Arab woman, whose life pulses with love, joy, resilience, and defiance against forces that seek to silence her heart.” Rise Habibi opens on May 28 at the Crypt Gallery, London.

But at present, Beckwith is preparing for her next big adventure – she is journeying to Jaipur to realize her first jewellery collection, a “tribute to transformation” inspired by “the delicate grace of butterflies and the profound beauty of metamorphosis.” Whatever Beckwith turns her hand to making, she maintains a sense of mystery and magic, encouraging the viewer to be enthralled by the raw beauty of the world around us.