building on strengths and approaching in fresh ways
Foot Hill Views - digital painting - 2005 - Dan Beck
My hunch is I have already featured this piece in a blogsite article. In fact, perhaps it is even fortuitous that I should choose a piece that I have already written about.
Almost always, an artist tries to […]
knowing when to quit is sometimes circumstance
tired - digital painting and art prints - 2003
Like most artists, I enjoy the process of creating. I enjoy being lost in my own world, enjoy being lost in a space where nothing else matters.
Knowing when to call a piece finished is an incredible challenge - to many it […]
early work, like childhood, demonstrates essential nature of play and being in the moment
Another Play - digital painting - 1998 - Dan Beck
The above piece was either the third or fourth computer painting I ever did. I didn’t even know the canvas extended down as low as it did - the monitor was 13" with […]
despite or because of dual perspective piece carries correct feeling
Field 2 Mount - digital painting and art prints - 2005
Cycling through some of my various pieces, I felt that this one should be featured. Part of this piece’s failure is also its beauty. Something I frequently like is the cusp between ugly and beautiful - […]
True to theme without conscious aim
Irrigate 2 - digital painting - 2004 - Dan Beck
I was thinking about creativity when I pulled out this piece - and then I realized that I had written earlier about irrigation in conjunction with another article (likely below).
So there is a theme here about how creativity works. It has to […]
qualities of piece and size of digital painting shape final art prints
Cloud Over Sprinklers - digital painting - 2005 - Dan Beck
I might have featured this piece already. I have it as the first image of my work on the current version of my website.
I don’t know that it is one of my all […]
original art prints and the impression of a situation
Base of the Mountain - digital painting for art prints
Over the weekend, I was looking at some block prints done by high school students in the area and I got to thinking about their process and the definition of a print.
A print requires a transfer - […]
Musical conversations are portrayed visually
All That Jazz - digital painting - 2006 - Dan Beck
I love music - if you’ve been on my site, you might have noticed, I write music and play a number of instruments.
There are many similarities in the creative processes for music and for art. They are there even when one […]
