August 21st, 2006 by admin
hugging the inhospitable mountains
More Warm Hills - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2005
Perhaps a bit more symmetrical than I might have done in hindsight (today’s topic), but a digital painting I still really like.
I am always fascinated by landscape which I know is not hospitable, but from a distance looks incredibly inviting. In a case like the warm hills above, those hills despite being a dry mess of weeds and grasses look like you would want to go roll on them or give them a hug.
That was the quality I was looking for -
With luck having said that you might see it that way as well if you didn’t already.
Needless to say, an actual art print brings it home more.
See Also
- More Warm Hills
Availability of art prints for digital painting More Warm Hills
- Bear Mountain
Even granite from a distance can look hospitible - click on image
- Leh’s Mountain
Another cold mountain - but from distance somewhat warm
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March 20th, 2006 by admin
Seeing, Understanding, Communicating, Feeling
More Warm Hills - Gallery Page - Digital Painting 2005
Often I write about trying to convey a feeling in a painting. Often I write about how seeing is completely wrapped up in understanding - how communicating what one sees is about communicating what one is experiencing.
At least for me - that is my interest and focus. When I observe, I am happy and accepting of my being in the picture - I am not a theoretical scientific observer - and frankly don’t think such a thing exists in people - for that matter even in science - but that is another story.
This piece conjures up this discussion because it was all about communicating the feeling these warm hills evoke. They make you want to reach out and hug them - even though you know they aren’t really like that. Perception and understanding confuse each other here - but then that is part of the magic. You see this world which you know to be rough and scraggly - but from your perspective you can’t help but want to wrap your arms around it - if it were possible.
More Warm hills is about that feeling.
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