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Bold strokes: Digital painting with fervor

Bold Glimpse - Enlarge - Digital Painting - 2006 - Dan Beck

When I first wrote about this - it was more like a short story or prose - I had fun writing but it was probably more about the writing and the evening than the art itself.

Digital Painting is a lot of fun for me. It didn’t start out that way - it was mostly frustrating - though I laughed a lot thinking - how could anyone ever learn to paint this way.

This particular painting attacks the sky with a fervor - the strokes are bold - intensity to match the evening though obviously beyond literal. The light shining through becomes that much more inviting as a result.

I have always been happy with this painting - it feels like it is something perhaps more unique to me - I left the white gap - because I liked it - swirled because it was fun and generally treated the canvas like I owned it.

I am not always able to paint this freely - particularly when there is a place or feeling I am trying to communicate.

See Also

• Bold Glimpse - art print and purchasing options for this digital painting
• All About Art: How to Hang Loose and Paint Freely - Lynne Taetzsche discusses how she tries to remain free in her work
  
• 10 Tips for Loosening Up - another discussion on how to paint more freely - though I am not an exercise type of person - it is interesting what others recommend

a traditional subject with some prompting

Self Portrait - Dan Beck - digital painting 2007

I was asked to do my self portrait. An artist friend of mine was interested in seeing how I would deal with the face I think. Seeing all the color in my work made him wonder - since (I am guessing) most of his current work is about portraiture.

So there I am - with the obligatory somewhat troubled artistic look - not that I am happy all the time - but probably more than appears here.

But then again, I think this is accurate to how I view myself when I am alone - there is intensity and desire for something better - but there is also a slight smile.

See Also

• About/Contact Page - Outhouse Studios
  Brief bio and couple of photos from a couple years ago
• cezanne self portrait - Google Image Search
  Found this interesting how many images here as well as Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet, etc.