technique was innovative at time - only the feeling has lasted
Light Thru Rain Cloud - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck
When I completed this in 2005, I was really ecstatic about the way I created depth in the cloud. The technique was innovative for me and I felt I had almost expressed the […]
balancing impression and intention with work itself
Field Flat - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
For me art is a give and take process. I had seen a strawberry picker in a similar posture - holding an empty flat and I wanted to capture that impression.
I created a backdrop - a non-specific but […]
influence and innovation of the master
Last night I had the pleasure of watching a program on PBS about Paul Cezanne. In the show, Picasso was quoted as saying Cezanne was the "father of us all".
Cezanne was his own man - he painted as he felt he should and did not believe in blindly following […]
jazz painting - better heard, not seen
Vertical Jazz - digital painting /art prints - Dan Beck -2006
I had intended on entering this piece in a local competition for jazz art that is going on this week in an anticipation of the Monterey Jazz Festival.
But I didn’t pay close attention to the date it needed to […]
digital painting for CD cover invites imagination
Caribbean 4 - CD Cover that went unused
Another day without a new piece of art - not really a big deal but it makes it a different challenge to write.
This piece came up today for me in three contexts - so I thought I would share it.
This […]
breaking the rules of visual sense
Valley Work - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
Funny I should want to write about this piece as an art print … because I have yet to see it printed at optimum size. I can see sections of it at the proper size on my computer monitor […]
uniqueness and acceptance
Four digital paintings for art prints - Dan Beck 1999 - 2005
Since I can, I thought I would write about a subject which has been on my mind. It has to do with following one’s creative path and the balance with being received.
When is unique too unique? Is there […]
depth of field, workers, limited exposure, and time constraints
Break Line Hoe - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
There is a lot of activity in the fields these days - too much to really capture. What I like about this piece is how the line of workers are being swallowed by the field.
For […]
fumigation - painting no accident
Experimental Fields - digital painting / art prints - DB - 2005
I played image roulette today to come across this piece and therefore feature it. But like I always say nothing is by accident.
Actually, I had been thinking about blogging about this again because I just received notice that there […]
first digitally painted sunset - abstract, brilliant, lasting
Sunset - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2000
It is interesting - when I created this piece, I thought I had said what needed to be said about a sunset. I had built this incredible show - out of almost tissue like overlapping transparencies.
The image […]
