when people become pieces

Checkerboard Day 1 - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007

There is a light which happens on the Gabilan Mountains sometimes - where the shadows from the clouds above leave a checkerboard pattern of light and dark visible from all over.

Unusually, the clouds were very mixed checked black and white themselves.

On the same day - later on, I noticed two field workers - hoisting pipes in unison. Though not choreographed, it seemed like it could have been.

I am not sure why I tied the two together - it could have been two different digital paintings - but I think I saw a connection between checkers pieces and the two workers in sync or maybe I am adding meaning after the fact.

There is more movement, more dance, more transparency; but I only saw a glimpse as a passing motorist.

See Also

• Original Prints - though I have not made the art prints for this new digital painting available for easy purchase yet - please familiarize yourself

• Photo Essay - searching the checkerboard landscape of images on the web - yielded this fascinating glimpse of history