Technique, Language are vehicles - Intent is from Within
Fifth-Focus - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 1998
This is the fifth digital painting I created on the computer. I couldn’t control the mouse very well. I couldn’t control the opacity of the color or the palette for that matter.
Whatever I could grab that […]
abstract world viewed close -mountains from a distance
Madras Mountains - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2004
We are both at a slight disadvantage with this piece. This is intended to be quite large - large enough to be on a large wall and viewed from a distance and large enough to be able […]
Impression of scene accurate - piece falls a little short
Shades of East Boronda - digital painting - Dan Beck
Creating art is a lot of times about solving a problem. What I saw was a crazy incline of dirt and as a result - nothing behind it except the Gabilan mountains.
I saw it as a […]
enhancing feeling of seasonal sunset
Glowing Sky - digital painting -> Art prints - Dan Beck 2004
I have always loved this digital painting. It is one I really felt like I had hooked right after it was done. My impression was my impression.
The gradient colored sky with the intense pink clouds - it gets that way […]
experience of the mouse is mightier than the pad
Color Pick - digital pen painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
This is my second attempt at using at pen pad for digital painting. The colored sweat shirted pickers I had seen earlier in the day - and I thought I would take on the harder […]
First attempt reminiscent - openness part of creativity
Pen 1 - digital painting 1st try with pen pad
This is more like a fabric than a painting - process than finished piece. I was offered a graphics tablet at about a third of its normal cost and as much as I’ve been proud of using a mouse […]
three different endings reveal a quandary and open an opportunity
Fennel Field & Sky - 1 digital painting, 3 endings, Triptych
Having already written on these three pieces, this is in some ways redundant - but not really.
This is very exciting to me - every artist always struggles with when to call a piece finished. When I […]
more original impression - poles, harvest, and light
Fennel Field & Sky 2 - digital painting / art prints - DB 2006
Above is the final version of this digital painting. The first two should be below. This is more of the scene that I saw the morning that inspired me to do the piece.
I was never […]
same and different painting - both can be shared
Fennel Field & Sky 1 - digital painting / art prints - DB 2006
This is both the same and a different painting from what can be found below.
This piece is more developed - the mountains have a distinct shape and some depth - the fennel field has […]
saving early stage of digital painting as complete
Fennel Field & Sky - digital painting / art prints - DB 2006
This is a fun piece for me - because I decided to create 3 pieces out of one. I stopped at the above place and saved it - because I knew I really liked it […]
