color changed - backs remain

Fielding - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck - 2005

Despite the fact that the mountains and land just stop when they reach the left side of the painting - and despite the fact the sun, mountains and fields all look rather fantastic - this is one of my favorite digital paintings to be converted into art prints.

This was the second time I had even tried to paint figures - the first was out my window.  But this time, I saw the pickers - I saw the curves in their backs - I saw how unbelievable their posture really was - and I felt they had to be in the fields of the painting.

I don’t know that anyone likes this as much as I do - being fantastic and real perhaps takes away some of the power.

I don’t really know; but I know that I still see this scene daily - the colors have been changed to protect the innocent - but the backs remain the same.

See Also

• MIGRANT FARM WORKERS UNDER THE NEW REGIME
  Fascinating how little things have changed - 1997 article and image
• Biography of César E. Chávez (CA Dept of Education)
  Biography includes how little many more things have changed - good quick history and photo gallery
• Fielding
  options for art prints of above digital painting