new format brings on different vision

digital art (painting) - 2 Much 2 Control - Dan Beck 2008

I have started work on a new project - which has lead to a new sized template and as a result a more fluid and playful way of creating. Not totally sure where the idea came from - but that is the nature of ideas - if one lets the mind wander and don’t rule things out before you even think about them - you find something even better as you progress.

On the path, one is always trying to take things to the next level - always striving for a new twist. My desire for a new template was one thing - but the resulting play and at least the look of this piece is a bit different and a nice side benefit.

The tree concept is just about as old as I am - one of the first things I ever committed successfully to paper - I find myself painting often when I am playing - and taking walks to give my dog the running exercise he needs has made me notice some incredible trees.

The solidness of the foreground tree - is about how we focus our attention - but also something that worked most successfully in a recently shown piece. The title is both about attitude towards world these days and the nature of trying to paint on an old computer with a template that is a bit too big for its memory. I used two different computers to create this piece because the old one - just couldn’t compute.

See Also

• Digital Art - just proving that the multiple meanings of language are also a bit too much to control
• Frozen PB&J - not particularly related - but part of that creating solutions to problems which don’t really exist - and a fun result for “just couldn’t compute”