picking the moment to share
Glowing Sky - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
I just finished a painting with a sunset - but am not ready to share it on the internet - haven’t even printed it for myself yet. But I had a quick opportunity to write and I thought of […]
Bold strokes: Digital painting with fervor
Bold Glimpse - Enlarge - Digital Painting - 2006 - Dan Beck
When I first wrote about this - it was more like a short story or prose - I had fun writing but it was probably more about the writing and the evening than the art itself.
Digital Painting is a […]
new look at old line
Break Line Hoe - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006
I am pretty sure that I took this digital painting for granted shortly after I had completed it. Perhaps it was because I had done so many worker in the field paintings at the time. Perhaps I found […]
simple but ambiguous
My Series 4 - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
This piece looks better to me than the last time I wrote about it.
I have written a number of times about how color is relative to its neighbor - just as art is relevant in relation to its context. So […]
transcending the confines of canvas stereotypes
Sky Over Mountains - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007
I wrote a page for my website in which I go into detail about what digital painting is and how it differs and is in many ways the same as other types of painting.
Much of my focus was in pointing out […]
understanding lives even in abstract
Enlarge - Cloud Cover - Digital Painting 2006- Dan Beck
This seemed like a natural piece to feature directly after the below black and white digital painting. It was undoubtedly created around the same dark and dreary time - which coincidentally or not is a lot like today.
There are certain things, […]
shades of grey and relative color
Black & White Days - enlarge - Digital Painting / Art Prints - 2006
I guess if I can talk about the typical color around here and show a painting with a flourish of color - which is both here and not seen, I can just as easily move to a […]
recent experience affects creativity
Typical Mountain Color - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007
Well yes - this really isn’t typical mountain color - but is more a case of saving a piece with a title before knowing exactly where it is going.
The mountains are beautiful here and they have this look and feeling which I try […]
color, texture - bumps, bends and growth
Hillside Spin 2 - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007
Thought I would revisit this piece. When I wrote about it last week, all I discussed was the new technique and how much fun or too much fun I had.
But in truth, I think the digital painting is quite […]
fatigue and unconscious as guides
tired - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2003
It is not uncommon for me to write about knowing when to call a piece finished. I have also written quite a bit about different endings for the same piece - a digital advantage.
This piece popped up today - and appropriately […]
