and enjoyment of creating
Furrowed Field - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007
When I started adding the patterned colors in the dirt - the green, red, and blue; the contours of the dirt flattened out a little - but I liked the digital painting more and found the addition a nice addition to the enjoyment of […]
carrying out original vision
Checkerboard Day - unfinished digital painting
If I work this direction - meaning create a landscape and then add figures, I generally save the painting before moving on.
I like the piece where it is above - the checkerboard of light and dark and the clouds are strong enough to carry the painting. Plus […]
controlling what at first seems uncontrollable
My Series 12 - digital painting - original prints - Dan Beck 2004
Simple, colorful, expression - not much in the way of form - not much in terms of movement - but it does have a good feeling nevertheless.
This was not a particularly thoughtful piece. It came from following a […]
Creating Acceptability
Light Shining Thru - digital painting / original prints - Dan Beck 2005
Categories are not always helpful - they don’t help with treating people like individuals and they don’t always help with understanding what goes into making a particular work of art.
Technology and timing add a dimension to all art that is almost always […]
when people become pieces
Checkerboard Day 1 - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007
There is a light which happens on the Gabilan Mountains sometimes - where the shadows from the clouds above leave a checkerboard pattern of light and dark visible from all over.
Unusually, the clouds were very mixed checked black and white themselves.
On the same […]
a fresh spin on which came first
Spinach Harvest - Digital Painting - Dan Beck - 2005
Generally when I write - my inspiration comes from a choice of artwork - its implications or origins - but it is about the artwork - looking outward.
In an unusual twist, I am thinking about the climate of fear we […]
fresh ideas - part of original art concept - time tells
Morning Light - digital painting - original prints - Dan Beck 2005
Did my quick image roulette thing and found this work of original representation and original art.
The slabs of concrete looking things are to represent the unsightly mall in between my view and the mountains. […]
more to communicate
Foothills Anywhere - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007
Some pieces of original art feel more serious than others - more in a tradition of fine art than colorful poster art or illustration, cartoon, or folk art.
Just as my music has influences of jazz, rock, folk, blues, and classical - my visual art tends […]
blurring lines of distinction
Fishies - digital painting - poster art prints - Dan Beck 2000
Is there a distinction between fine art and poster art? - between serious representation and caricature?
I can see a difference between my earliest digital paintings and my more recent ones. The first ones were bright playful colors with no pretence […]
the art of a thankless job
Thankless Job 1 - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007
I am not sure why I left this piece finished where I did - but I think I on some level I wanted the art to be as thankless as the subject itself.
Weeding the mound of dirt between the fields and […]
