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Light Thru Rain Cloud - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck

When I completed this in 2005, I was really ecstatic about the way I created depth in the cloud. The technique was innovative for me and I felt I had almost expressed the incredible size and power of the cloud.

One can’t duplicate nature; but one can pay tribute and perhaps create something worthy in its own right.

There is something almost black and white about this piece. The smaller round mountain was glowing despite the overcast day - a phenomena I love here - but still the world looks grey - and it was.

I have an art print of this framed 28 x 36 inches with an image size of 23.5 inches by 31 inches - there was a minor imperfection at the printer’s so I have an extra. I am generally a color person - so it is not my all time favorite - but it still has the quality of that grey day and the hope of a glowing mountain despite it.

See Also

• Light Thru Rain Cloud
  availability of art prints
• A Horse of a Different Color
  A Color person - I am - and somewhat in this way - being a digital artist - but not what I meant - some basics on printing accurately
• Design & Color: A Bibliography of Resources
  A Color person in this way - but not so studied - quite the resource here

how it strikes me now - the lightness of mountains and fields

Field 2 Mountains - digital painting / art prints - 2004

It is interesting for me to be writing about this piece today - not because it has any great significance, but more because it doesn’t.

As I look at this digital painting now and recall the art print (which I don’t feel like looking for at this moment), I am struck by the light and the lightness of this piece.

The subject matter is the mountains, but they are light and airy - a bit translucent though flavored with a bit of texture here and there.

The stream of light seems to illuminate part of the fields and almost shine right through the mountains.

Although I don’t really remember creating this digital painting, I am pretty positive I didn’t think much about any of these things - but it looks to me like I knew when to stop.

See Also

• Field 2 Mountains
  Availability of Art Prints for above digital painting
• buckskin pass light 2 photo — Declan McCullagh photograph
  similar photo to “light” link within text - light through the mountains
• Army - The Soldiers’ Newspaper
  I had forgotten or didn’t know all of the significance of “light and remembrance” - Hannukah, 9/11, any other tragedy - but take a look at the light show