writing music, revisiting song, discussing lyrics, nothing’s wrong
Cover: 1danband | dansingnew - recording and digital painting - Dan Beck December 2005
I have written several songs in the last week and so my mind is a bit on music. I have been hoping to record some of them - just simple guitar and vocals which would […]
sunsets, climate, better art, faithfully produced as original art prints
Sunset Impression - digital painting / art prints - 2005
There are a lot of wonderful sunsets here. A lot of the reason is that I have an unobstructed view across the fields up to the hills and mountains this side of the ocean.
The sunsets are nice […]
are art and music meant to be proprietary?
Jazz 1 - Digital Painting and Art Prints - 2005 - Dan Beck
I noticed an article about music piracy today. Actually to be more accurate it was noticed by Google Alert.
When I started blogging, I was advised to write on topics of my interest that were showing up […]
creating what can’t be recreated … but with feeling
Foothills Terrain - digital painting - Dan Beck 2006
The thing about this art print which strikes me the most - is how it pulls me in. I find the hills and mountains to have both the depth and warmth that they have in person.
I can’t say […]
images of significance - digital painting references development
Treework - digital painting - Dan Beck circa 1999
Earlier I wrote that I try to strike the balance between create and created, artist and audience.
Earlier I had written a complete article about the significance of trees for me - pointing out how there were three in the art-chives […]
observing the lowest point and the artist’s role
Wheel of Fields - digital painting for art prints - 2006
This is a real view from a position just at the bend in the road. I found it amazing that the fields from this angle really look like spokes of a wheel. It is equally amazing that the pattern of […]
how it strikes me now - the lightness of mountains and fields
Field 2 Mountains - digital painting / art prints - 2004
It is interesting for me to be writing about this piece today - not because it has any great significance, but more because it doesn’t.
As I look at this digital painting now and […]
perspective, vivid primary colors, and subject
Two Pick 2 - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck - 2006
When a piece works well both small and large, I really feel like I’ve hooked it. To me, this digital painting is quite strong.
There is a boldness to the image which is quite iconic. As though […]
capturing energy - creating something else
Orange Sky Purple Clouds - digital painting - Dan Beck 2005
The sky was on fire the night this impression came from. I had never seen a sky quite like it. The horizon was orange - glowing and fireworks for clouds hovering over the dimming sky.
And I didn’t even come close to […]
digital painting documents men on their knees and conflicting interests
Spinach Harvest - Digital Painting - Dan Beck - 2005
I have already written about this piece and even featured the image more recently as illustration for one of the points on being creative.
I am featuring this digital painting again today because the spinach crews were harvesting […]
