Viewing Conditions and Imagination
simple but ambiguous
My Series 4 - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
This piece looks better to me than the last time I wrote about it.
I have written a number of times about how color is relative to its neighbor - just as art is relevant in relation to its context. So it should not be a surprise that the conditions of the viewer are probably just as big of a factor as the art itself.
Today it is calm out - overcast and mellow. I am sitting at a computer screen playing my own image roulette - because it is time to write even though my mind is on music.
Trying to keep things simpler - not adding more than is necessary - is a mantra right now - so the simpleness and directness of the above digital painting has more appeal than before. I love the smoothness of color on the textured background.
And for whatever reason, I find more than enough ambiguity to satisfy my imagination today.
See Also
- My Series 4 - art print options and availability for above digital painting
- Dream with Mantra - not sure if this is the artist’s real name or a persona - but always worth taking a look at other people’s art
- How to Change the World: Mantras Versus Missions - found this rather amusing - but also curious about the blog title - without reading much further - seems more about status quo than changing the world - but than again what isn’t?
