originality requires rethinking
Sun Blowin Bye - Dan Beck 2003 - digital painting
As an artist and musician and the person that I am - I always want to do things differently - do it my way - lay down my own tracks, as it were, and be a pioneer.
What I know as a teacher both of […]
the timing of finishing - art and reality
Further Along Tree 1 - Dan Beck - digital art painting 2008
This digital painting was finished over a month ago. The previous article showing the version of this painting which felt finished, balanced, and worth saving, - based upon the piece itself and not the original vision; […]
evolving landscape
Further Along Tree - Dan Beck - unsigned - unfinished? - digital art painting 2008
On April fool’s day one should hope for a joke - if I have one for the day - it is unfinished like the piece above - stopped at this point and saved because it looked balanced, finished, and pleasing […]
