July 6th, 2007 by Dan Beck
continuity more than a thought
Valley Work - digital painting / original prints - Dan Beck 2005
I don’t know if anyone but me plays “gallery chance” or “image roulette” found on main pages of Outhouse Studios and in some galleries on the site. I seem to like random - I both like the leave it up to chance thing and don’t believe in chance - all at the same time.
In my mind, there is nothing particularly random about this piece coming up today. It is a work, I have wanted to print large, but haven’t had a good reason. I most recently have put up an exhibit in a local coffee roastery with very big walls - and was planning on including this work in the show - but didn’t.
Intellectually, the work fit - both about the workers and the abstract look of the valley - but stylistically - it didn’t fit with the rest of the work. Fortunately, my art keeps evolving - it doesn’t make an older work like this one not work - but it does date this one as being from a different time.
See Also
- Original Prints - discussion about what makes an original print and the use of the term at Outhouse Studios
- Yahoo Answers - What things do you deliberately leave up to chance? my search, my selection - just shows to go you - how many levels of meaning really exist
Relevant Tags:chance, continuity, digital painting, evolving art, original prints
August 2nd, 2006 by admin
digital painting technique used today - theme yesterday
Field of Hoes - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
Theoretically, I found this piece by chance today - clicking on gallery chance - which randomly found the Figures Art Gallery - then hitting image roulette landed me at this piece.
My last digital painting was titled “Hoes in the Mist” - its origins similar in that the name was a part of the inspiration - plus similar theme.
The way I portrayed the distance was new at the time - doing a little copying, manipulating and pasting to establish perspective.
I don’t do that all that often - but today I did - and though it is easy to find meaning and connection - this doesn’t seem accidental to be featuring this piece today.
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Relevant Tags:Art Prints, chance, digital painting, digital painting technique, inspiration, meaning and connection, perspective, portrayal
March 31st, 2006 by admin
Change for Quick Impression and Random Linking
Gallery Chance
Original Logo found in Galleries
Once again I have mucked with the logos found at Outhouse Studios, I pulled the old faithful off the main page and replaced it with my newest colorful animated version and then added a mini-version of the original logo (above).
For fun I made that a link that when clicked on leads to one of the galleries randomly - for those who can’t or don’t want to decide where they want to go. You need to go to the site to try it.
Logos are actually fascinating - at best they can capture the essence of a business/group etc. with just an image … and achieve recognition quickly.
Usually that happens because we see it over and over again. So having had that concept placed clearly into my head recently, I decided I would leave my logo well enough alone - even though I thought it time for a change and time to do better. That was then… March 9, 10, 13
So part of the creative process is about changing one’s mind - opting to move in a direction that isn’t safe or traditional.
There is a logo game at outhouse studios that may for all I know continue, but it is all about making the
right impression quickly. It is amazing how quickly one can look at a site(sight) and move on.
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Relevant Tags:beauty and aesthetics, chance, creative process, logo recognition, logos, quick impression, random links, visual appeal
