Comments on: TweetDeck a new painting http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/ About art & the art of Jake Beckman, painter of magical realism & representational abstracts. "Currently I paint binary & birds based on humorous observations of social media & other forms of electronic communications. Alternatively I am exploring mathematical abstraction in my new non representational work.-Jake" Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:53:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jake http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jake Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:30:58 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-108 Howdy Katie It is acrylic on 140 pound cold press water color paper. I gesso the paper on both sides before starting to paint. Whether I am painting on canvas, paper or some other substrate I like the substrate to show through - in the case of canvas or paper that means not having heavy layers of over-painting everywhere - it keeps the painting bright and luminous. Howdy Katie
It is acrylic on 140 pound cold press water color paper. I gesso the paper on both sides before starting to paint. Whether I am painting on canvas, paper or some other substrate I like the substrate to show through — in the case of canvas or paper that means not having heavy layers of over-painting everywhere — it keeps the painting bright and luminous.

]]> By: Katie Macaulay http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Katie Macaulay Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:06:24 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-104 Love it! What medium did you use? Love it! What medium did you use?

]]> By: Brad Tomlinson http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Brad Tomlinson Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:09:51 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-103 Jake, The one bird is a different color to remind us that we are not all the same, that we can have a different opinion, whether on Twitter or any other communication medium, and that despite the differences, we can indeed all get along together even on one wire where we must work together to stay on that wire. Brad Jake,

The one bird is a different color to remind us that we are not all the same, that we can have a different opinion, whether on Twitter or any other communication medium, and that despite the differences, we can indeed all get along together even on one wire where we must work together to stay on that wire.

Brad

]]> By: Jake http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Jake Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:43:44 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-101 Already working on that one. I had a whole bunch of similarly themed ideas come to mind and Retweet will be the next one. Thanks for stopping by. Already working on that one. I had a whole bunch of similarly themed ideas come to mind and Retweet will be the next one. Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Jake http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Jake Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:42:08 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-100 Initially I did have them all as yellow canaries and it was a good composition, but a little bit boring. By changing the color of that one bird, I think it made it better. But in general I leave interpretation to the viewer, and I ask you, "Why do you think its a different color?" Initially I did have them all as yellow canaries and it was a good composition, but a little bit boring. By changing the color of that one bird, I think it made it better. But in general I leave interpretation to the viewer, and I ask you, “Why do you think its a different color?”

]]> By: Andy Thorpe http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Andy Thorpe Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:16:47 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-98 Literal and lateral. Barmy and binary. Liking and loving! Literal and lateral.
Barmy and binary.

Liking and loving!

]]> By: Stephen Potvin http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Stephen Potvin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:15 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-97 lovely painting. I like the different color of one bird. Reminds me of tabs, apparently that is the bird that is active, haha. The binary code, very cool. We live in a new world. I like to see the interpretation of this new world in the creativity of artists. I am a photographer and i'm always looking for interesting things. Thanks for the post, I enjoyed it. lovely painting. I like the different color of one bird. Reminds me of tabs, apparently that is the bird that is active, haha. The binary code, very cool. We live in a new world. I like to see the interpretation of this new world in the creativity of artists. I am a photographer and i’m always looking for interesting things. Thanks for the post, I enjoyed it.

]]> By: Brad Tomlinson http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Brad Tomlinson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:40:41 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-96 Jake, I really like your TweetDeck painting with the mixture of nature and technical. However, I am curious about one thing. Why is one canary a different color than the other four canaries? As I think about it, I am glad one canary is different from the others. If everything was the same, it would be a very boring world. Thanks! Brad Jake,

I really like your TweetDeck painting with the mixture of nature and technical. However, I am curious about one thing. Why is one canary a different color than the other four canaries? As I think about it, I am glad one canary is different from the others. If everything was the same, it would be a very boring world. Thanks!

Brad

]]> By: jacobian http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-95 jacobian Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:54:03 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-95 very creative.thanks for sharing. very creative.thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Stan Schultz http://akajake.com/blog/2010/02/06/tweetdeck-a-new-painting/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Stan Schultz Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:44:42 +0000 http://akajake.com/blog/?p=244#comment-94 Love the Painting! The bird on the right is obviously doing the tweeting, and sounds like he is coming on a bit strong too:) You are the second artist/writer I have seen/read this morning. Check out the blog of Mary Carroll Moore; she is an outstanding writer and pastel artist. Love the Painting! The bird on the right is obviously doing the tweeting, and sounds like he is coming on a bit strong too:)

You are the second artist/writer I have seen/read this morning. Check out the blog of Mary Carroll Moore; she is an outstanding writer and pastel artist.

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