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Air Hoe 1 - digital painting 4 original art prints - Dan Beck 2007

This was the first of three Air Hoe images which used the same figure. I changed my template to accommodate my new printing dimensions better. I have done some upgrades to my painting computer and have improved color in print outs where I didn’t think it was possible, but must print now with larger margins - so I am rethinking how I will offer these digital paintings as art prints.

I accidentally created this figure in the old sized template - so I copied and pasted into three different paintings that were on the new sized template. This is not the way I normally work - but that is part of the fun of it.

Digital opens up lots of new possibilities - some of course good - some less. Setting limits, and creating and changing the rules as I good is also part of the fun.

This particular piece, like the second was influenced by an exhibit at SFMOMA which I saw a few days prior to this painting.

Despite that, it is my twist.

See Also

• Figures Art Gallery - for lack of a better link to website - check some other images from 2005/6 which figure in
• SFMOMA - always worth a look - wonderful museum - even the gift shop was surprisingly fun
• Digital Possibilities - I liked this phrase and googled it - the most interesting and pertinent result I found in the time I allotted myself to look - not exactly the same thinking but worth a gander at the changing landscape

always affected by experience

Air Hoe 2 - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007

If you look at the posting from a few days ago - you will see that the air hoe figure is basically the same. This was the second of three Air Hoe pieces - all using the same figure and each coming from a different direction or place.

The weekend prior to doing these pieces, I had the opportunity to visit the SFMOMA - and saw a show of American artists and how they related with Picasso and also the de Young Museum. As with most things I take in - I do it best when not trying.

In any event, it was obvious from my first two pieces in this threesome of digital paintings that I was influenced by what I had seen. This is not my typical style of painting.

I think perhaps the power of the third piece is that I went more with what I have been working on. I like the above work a lot, but it is not a direction that I will probably be going into - it is more of an unconscious reaction.

See Also

• Figures Art Gallery - other works from Outhouse Studios which shed light on current piece
• Charles Sheeler - google results - note images - there was work of his at SFMOMA and an exhibit at the de Young - he worked from black and white photos he had taken and added his own color.