Double Rooted Nature
seeing for the first time
Rooted Tree - digital art - finger painting - rendering from memory impression - Dan Beck 2008
There are trees like this at one of the places I frequent with my exercise craving dog - it took me a while to notice them.
But like with most things - once one finally sees something - one starts to see the same thing more frequently. Even though I am an artist and probably more observant than most, I am keenly aware of how much of life I miss, until I become finally aware.
Perception, attention, and understanding are all fascinating subjects - I paint from an impression - a memory - quite frequently - knowing that my understanding plays an even bigger role in what I project when painting.
The intention here is not fantasy, but fun and freedom to portray the essential double rooted nature of these trees on the hillside - blasting with my own color but attempting to convey
the beauty and oddness that strikes me and makes me smile when I see them.
See Also
- Composite Nature: A Conversation with Stan Brakhage - an image search result for double rooted nature - found the work rather interesting
- Celebrated Poets - another interesting search result - the top poem seems to even relate
- Digital Art - a look at the wide definitions and usage for the digital art term - and what it means at Outhouse Studios
