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 this piece had hung there in a group show last fall - with a wall to its own - it looked really spectacular and made me proud to have done the piece.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to convey that kind of feeling over the internet. This piece does look good small - but it really comes alive large - and of course there is nothing quite like the simplicity of having a simple framed piece on a light colored neutral gallery wall.

This is much the way the Salinas River feels like in places - but the mountains are never quite so close - major liberties were taken - and I don’t even know why - but I do like the piece.

See Also

• River Run 1
  gallery page - enlarge work - art print purchasing options
• Photo Gallery - The Californian - www.thecalifornian.com
  nice patchwork photo
• Salinas River Map - Explore Monterey County California
  Map of the river and a couple of photos