surprising show from the color of grape vines
Autumn Grape Color - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
Fall is reserved for the East Coast - mostly New England. I say this out of complete prejudice from having witnessed the New England Fall many a time.
Now that I live in California - I do […]
freedom and adaptation
First Big - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2003
I have resisted featuring this digital painting for a couple of reasons. First, I never felt it was that strong of a work - even though I like it enough to have framed it and enough to have it as part of […]
portraying strange light in its own way
Another Lightness - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2004
There are times when the mountains seem otherworldly - particularly I have been fascinated by the light that emerges on the mountains seemingly right under the overcast.
It is about perspective and distance - that creates the illusion - […]
successful does not mean wanting to live with
Enlarge - Cloud Cover - Digital Painting 2006- Dan Beck
I keep trying to look at the positives in having to move my website. On the blog alone, there is a year’s worth of links to my site - including images - which don’t usually link - because every […]
composition and details translate best printed large
Beyond the Ivy Fence - digital painting / art prints - DB 2005
The fields across the road are dirt again - it is that time of year. This piece was done earlier in the year than now - but as I was looking across the road, I was thinking […]
creatively interpret events, views, and life
Irrigation Bend - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
Being creative is not just about creating things.
In many cases, it is about creating meaning - or finding meaning - not exactly the same things - but either way about creatively interpreting the world.
Today this piece came up partly […]
monitor can’t take the place of framed artwork
River Run 1 - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
As with many pieces I like, I have already written about this digital painting. It probably comes up in my psyche because I was at the Gallery at the Blackstone Winery over the weekend - and […]
a new approach to creating size
Irrigation Man - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
It is probably wrong to write about art prints without having actually printed a piece, but it is actually printing as I write… well half of the piece is printing while I write.
By design, this is a two part […]
art can be about communicating in different ways
Twilight Glow - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck - 2005
Having already written about this piece and the printing challenges it held, it still struck me as one to write about today.
I printed this piece so many times, I actually burnt out on it - but […]
creating interpretation - where like and dislike converge
Field of Hoes - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
‘Promoting the creative world’ is about promoting all things creative. Sometimes being creative is about looking at old things in a different way.
Not all of creativity is about creating brand new - actually it never is […]
