learning the language and capturing spirit
Kitties - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2003
Prior to doing this piece, I had done digital paintings which did not require the drawings to capture any sort of figure. In general, the subject matter was more forgiving.
Using a mouse is a bit clumsy - though I […]
richness in the soil, feeling the fog, blowing the earth
Work in the Dirt - Digital Painting / Art Prints - Dan Beck 2004
A piece found in the original art-chives, I never thought it caught on much. And I am not exactly sure why I picked this digital painting to feature today.
I think the main […]
gaining perspective by walking away and coming back fresh
Ticket-Outhouse Studios
Digitally created composite image from digital paintings - 2003
This morning I started writing a song - if I had finished it - I might have recorded it to share it; but like most creative endeavors it requires my walking away and coming back to it.
I […]
size of print can help you to feel the scene
Wave Spray - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2004
As I look at this piece, I realize I have not been taking advantage of the close proximity to the beach. I know I am not alone in this - but I hate to think […]
another digital view of strawberry harvesting
Harvest Depth - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
I don’t know if it’s as much about trying to get it right or trying new angles at the same thing. This year, there are more strawberry fields around my house since I moved here about 6 1/2 years […]
same song, new interpretation, abstract and back
All That Jazz - digital painting / art prints - 2006 - Dan Beck
Though in some ways, this is the same type of piece as Jazz 1 - perhaps even just a different version of the same piece. It is conceptually the same thing - an abstract collage of […]
appreciating the place of inspiration along with results
2 the Beach - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2003
I said recently that I find myself balancing between creating new works and appreciating others - being creative means also being an audience and particularly an observer.
The piece above was painted after going to the […]
prints more revealing than monitor - seeing more revealing than photos
Wheel of Fields - digital painting for art prints - 2006
At this writing this is my most recent digital painting. I have already featured it last week from a different aspect.
I was looking at an art print of it today and noticing the complexity of […]
carving out time, taking on challenges, and balancing with known success
Sunset Seen - digital painting /art prints - Dan Beck 2005
I was thinking about one of the aspects of being creative which doesn’t get talked about much - discipline. I have talked about needing structure to be free in - but discipline is something different. Many […]
humanness of trees through digital art setting
Monterey Miway 1 - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2004
I thought I would feature this digital painting today. It is inspired by Highway 68 between Salinas and Monterey - looking back over my shoulder up at the hills and spying what are most likely live oak […]
