seeing for the first time
Rooted Tree – digital art – finger painting – rendering from memory impression – Dan Beck 2008
There are trees like this at one of the places I frequent with my exercise craving dog – it took me a while to notice them.
But like with most things – once one finally sees something – one starts to see the same thing more frequently. Even though I am an artist and probably more observant than most, I am keenly aware of how much of life I miss, until I become finally aware.
Perception, attention, and understanding are all fascinating subjects – I paint from an impression – a memory – quite frequently – knowing that my understanding plays an even bigger role in what I project when painting.
The intention here is not fantasy, but fun and freedom to portray the essential double rooted nature of these trees on the hillside – blasting with my own color but attempting to convey
the beauty and oddness that strikes me and makes me smile when I see them.
See Also
- Composite Nature: A Conversation with Stan Brakhage – an image search result for double rooted nature – found the work rather interesting
- Celebrated Poets – another interesting search result – the top poem seems to even relate
- Digital Art – a look at the wide definitions and usage for the digital art term – and what it means at Outhouse Studios
Tags: Art, color, Digital Art, digital_art, hills, painting, trees
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