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An Abstract Painting Flowing with Change

freedom and adaptation

First Big - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2003

First Big - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2003

I have resisted featuring this digital painting for a couple of reasons. First, I never felt it was that strong of a work - even though I like it enough to have framed it and enough to have it as part of the Abstract Art Gallery.

But more importantly - since its placement on the web, it has received too many hits for people looking for something quite different than what I am offering.  Oh well … and "gay" was an excellent word for happy for many years - such usage is tricky at best these days.

This piece is about change and rolling with it - a good reminder for me these days. The piece was as large a template as I could create with the program I paint with - thus the title. The first marks were done with black and opaque color - the default settings of the program -

but I chose to go with it - not caring that it was not the way I normally worked … and I think it is that kind of flowing freedom that I love about this work.

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Abstract Art Gallery

My Series - Abstract, Exploration, Comparison

My Series 1 - Digital Painting - 2005 - Dan Beck

My Series 1 - Digital Painting - Abstract Art Gallery

For me creating abstract work has always been a kind of special area. Without caring about representing anything in particular, it is a safe place to explore a medium, try new things, and simply enjoy the movement and process of creating.

The above piece is the start of something I felt might be worth pursuing. I liked the way the image is on the cusp between something tangible and something completely free form. It wasn’t particularly intentional - just the outgrowth of play.

The texture working in and out of the colors and forms also appealed to me a great deal. I have always been fascinated with the empty space as much as the form. Ever since my first sculpture exposure - it has become obvious how important the empty space is to the filled space and vice versa.

Color is the same way of course - being only a particular color because of the relationship to the colors next to it.  A theme I am sure I have touched on before - comparison is part of the daily fabric of our perception.

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