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Blue Clouds at Evening - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007

Sticking with my theme of original art - I opted to come back to this piece. I don’t know that it will ever reach my all time favorites. In fact, when I saw the blue clouds that evening - I was more struck by the unusualness than the beauty.

Had this been part of an abstract color experiment - or some bizarre reference to a “blue period” - it might actually be more accessible.

But I think because the unreal was actually real - it makes the whole work a bit fanciful - even for myself - who saw the blue clouds that night … and never since, and never before.

So the image will probably always be unique and the original prints - though likely multiples - will always be as intended … and always original art prints.

See Also

• Picasso’s Blue Period 1901-04 | Art Knowledge News - explained well with many images
• CBC.ca - Arts - Joni Mitchell - did not expect to find this article - but notice how hard it is for any artist to transform and have the audience come along
• Abstract Art Gallery - where you might find color experiments or simply play at Outhouse Studios

exaggeration as explanation

Blue Clouds at Evening - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007

I haven’t made art prints available for this yet - of course, with a brand new piece, I can’t tell if anyone will groove on it like I do. Plus I have yet to get a good print - my first attempt had some unwanted printer lines in it.

I actually saw this! I’ve exaggerated some - to create the drama that was really in the evening - sharpening the sky’s color and making the clouds more dimensional and clear blue.

But that is what makes art - it is about conveying what one sees - what one understands - with the confines and enhancements of the medium one uses.

So having said that, I think it is a fun digital painting.

See Also

• Crazy Light - in lieu of art print options for above piece - another crazy sky

• Green Clouds and Thunder Storms - thought these were some interesting photos - it was an unusual sky last night