 Around this time he also settled in Lockport, New York and established a studio in Buffalo.Beck produced a wide variety of artworks including stained glass windows, life size masks, etchings, oils, watercolors, and large murals, including a mural of the opening of the Erie Canal, an oil painting of the pilgrims landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and a portrait of General Lafayette among others.Beck maintained his studio in Buffalo for thirty years.