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closeness to finished art – spin of abstract

finger paint 1 – Dan Beck – digital painting / digital art – 2007

Things happen sometimes all at the same time. Discussion of the distance between artist and finished product – how digital feels different than the closeness of paint. I don’t know if this is true – but it is something an artist friend and I have been discussing in relation to different work I have done.

Suddenly – a good wrench is thrown in – a laptop gift – a trade-show prize that was generously given to me by the woman of my dreams. Damn – I sound like I am blogging.

So with the laptop comes art – no mouse – just fingers – finger painting – how fun is that? Plein air to come. So my first adventure as an original print looks better sideways.

At least it seems that way at the time. I am a firm believer in the emotion of the process of creating art coming through in to the finished painting.

Digital art is not nearly as physical as sculpture for instance, but it is not without emotion. Brushes come in different lengths – an artist steps in and steps back – just like a viewer might.

And paintings should work from all directions – so they say.

See Also

• Abstract Art Gallery – examples of other abstract work at Outhouse Studios
• Can Computers Be Creative?- sometimes a related search leads to the crux of the digital doubt – not how close to the finished product – but who is really doing it

communicating the art itself

Field Hand – digital painting – art prints – Dan Beck 2006

Over the weekend – someone asked about Marc Chagall and I thought of this piece, but could not remember what it really looked like.

It is always interesting how memory and current perception vary. I think I like this more than I did originally. The pun is fun – but the way it is painted including the rather primitive face works today. I feel like the field might blow away – there is this dreamlike quality and world of its own which is the essence of art in many ways.

I love doing abstract work – love not having to follow any sort of guidelines but the piece itself. But I also like to engage people in a subject or a vision which I feel is worth sharing.

The field worker looking at the dirt is both what we imagine and what really happens – in my case, I got to see it – and felt like it was worth sharing – but in this way unique to me – not so deep really.

See Also

• Chagall – hadn’t seen the spelling “Shagal”, but there is something which reminds me of the pictured work which I see in the above – synopsis is also pretty good.
• Digital Art – multiple meanings – and art’s larger significance
• Field Hand – current options for original prints of above digital painting

enjoying art is not a category

Shape of Something New – digital art – painting – original prints – Dan Beck 2005

What is new and what is original art have been subjects of discussion on my site for quite some time.

If something were completely new, it would be unrecognizable – so new enough or original enough are really what it is about.

Curiously, the term digital art is one which is new in conjunction with any of the work on this site. Because the term is so broad and the associated art is generally so different from the work found here, it seemed like the wrong association.

But the images seen at Outhouse Studios were painted using a mouse, a computer, and the available views of a monitor. Each print is original – it is the intended final form of the art – but what really matters as with all art is whether the work speaks to you.

See Also

• Shape of Something New – current purchasing options for original prints of the above digital painting
• modern artifacts: If Art speaks to you, talk back – not certain about the degree our taste overlaps, but certainly agree with the sentiments of art appreciation and whether a work speaks to you – also whether it is something you want to live with