Measuring Time and Complexity in Art
early exploration expresses concept and aesthetic with ease
Rain Over Fall - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 1999
This is a piece from my personal archives - it is was one of my earlier explorations with the medium.
I like this piece conceptually as well as aesthetically. There is little form. Mostly color expresses the concept of autumn rain and autumn leaves.
I would estimate that I created this piece in about an hour or so. Most of the digital paintings I do now take closer to four or five hours.
The time spent doesn’t necessarily make a piece better. But it does indicate that I have developed a larger vocabulary with the digital medium and can therefore say more.
The thing that most people don’t take into consideration when judging how long something took to make - is how many hours of work it took to get to the point to make that piece.
There is nothing wrong with judging a work of art by its complexity - but I think it is a shame when people miss out on appreciation because of a conceptual framework.
See Also
- Original Art-chives - Outhouse Studios
where most similar work to this piece can be found - Contemporay Art: No Joke
This discussion cracks me up - no one even considered that the sculpture base might be really something
Sadly - hard work doesn’t always make something good. - Nat King Cole | Autumn Leaves Lyrics
If you can’t or don’t download the music - try the lyrics
