playing like the first time
Flipped Out Jazz - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
It is getting to be the time of year when the Monterey Jazz Festival comes to the area. Last year I created this digital painting for an area art show competition in conjunction with the event.
I didn’t actually enter this […]
Arts Council and Gallery to feature work
Compressed View - Enlarge - Digital Painting 2006
I don’t have a lot of time to write, so I thought I would quickly show off a piece that will be featured in the Arts Council for Monterey County’s 2007 calendar.
I don’t know how many artists sent in work, but […]
single row sighting inspires quick digital painting
Break Line Hoe - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
It has been weeks since my last digital painting. I was away on vacation and this was my first chance. I wasn’t planning on painting - I have many other things on my plate.
But I spied […]
hugging the inhospitable mountains
More Warm Hills - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
Perhaps a bit more symmetrical than I might have done in hindsight (today’s topic), but a digital painting I still really like.
I am always fascinated by landscape which I know is not hospitable, but from a distance looks incredibly […]
viewing and processing life - creatively
In my mind the three images above of digital paintings were created around the same time. Whether it is true or not, I am not going to research.
Promoting the Creative World is about observations particularly in regards to the creative process, but it is also observations about […]
favorite images work printed small or large
Art Prints starting at $95
I was looking at this page of original art works starting at the above price. I have been in the process of making sure all my website pages are coded correctly for HTML and this one I was cleaning up today.
That process is not so […]
early exploration expresses concept and aesthetic with ease
Rain Over Fall - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 1999
This is a piece from my personal archives - it is was one of my earlier explorations with the medium.
I like this piece conceptually as well as aesthetically. There is little form. Mostly color expresses […]
different feelings from views from west and east coasts
No Particular View- digital painting /art prints - Dan Beck 2006
I’ve been out of town for a couple of weeks and didn’t have a way or time really to digitally paint. This was the last piece I created before I left.
It was created using a template so […]
observations and benefits of the creative process
Beyond the Mirrored Veil - digital painting - Dan Beck 2005
Lucky me, I took a vacation. I didn’t paint, didn’t blog - just toured and visited. Back - I’ve found it very difficult to begin any sort of routine and therefore decided to write a song - about what […]
working differently to keep things fresh
No Particular View - digital painting - Dan Beck 2006
When I started painting this morning I didn’t have any particular scene in mind - no scene burning inside me and no real concept. But as quickly as the first mark I found myself taking things differently. This is not an […]
