Having spent my entire life around contemporary work. I was surprise how his work was immediately positioned within it. - Monte Clark

Like many people, I first came to know Beau through his masks. I remember that first one well: a massive Tsonoqua with her signature dark face, long unkempt hair, and pursed red lips. When we included it in the exhibition Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada in 2013 – a large group show including over eighty Indigenous artists – it was singular and stopped people in their tracks.- Candice Hopkins

Beau's Undersea Kingdom masks were received with awe by the international art community at the EMST Museum in Athens Greece for documenta 14

Beau in his next life, riding with the whales and always pulling the strings!

Beau is probably the greatest West Coast Artist since contact.” - Roy Arden

“My style is sometimes referred to as “Potlatch Style” as it comes from a tradition of ceremony which requires many masks to be made in a short period of time. It takes many years of practice and an understanding of balance in order to create a work that is appears finished in a natural and instinctive manner, without seeming overthought.” 
Due to the particularity of his work, Beau’s art has gained steady recognition and acclaim in both Canada and the international art scene over the years, with a carving commissioned for Vancouver’s Expo ’86 proving to be a large stepping-stone in his career. In 1998, Beau was one of only seven Canadian artists to attend the reopening of Canada House in London, England. The following decade saw many of his pieces featured in a variety of exhibitions that took his work to galleries and museums across Canada, the US and Europe. 2010 saw four of Beau’s major works brought to Sydney, Australia to be displayed in one of the largest and most prestigious exhibitions in the world, the Sydney Biennale. Dick’s work has been exhibited most recently at Documenta 14, Athens (2017).