Last week it snowed at my house. It snowed in a lot of places around the world but I live 45 minutes from downtown Los Angeles in my own little micro climate and when it snows here, it really is a novelty. So much so that I love taking pictures of things covered in snow that I ordinarily forget to notice… read more.
It's been my experience that most artists are open to digital technology to create art. It's also been my experience that art buyers and the general art buying public are slow to appreciate anything created digitally. I'm not making accusations - just a statement of fact - when I say that digital art… read more.
I enjoy both painting with acrylics on canvas and creating digital art with pixels. Everyone knows what "paintings" are but the question is what should we call digital art creations? Digital paintings? Digital art? Digital graphics? I call mine "Digital airbushing" since the painting process is similar… read more.
Click "MY PRINT PRICES" under "blogroll" in the right hand column to view gallery of available greeting cards, framed paper and canvas prints of California artist Steve Beaumont's desert landscapes, western roadside scenes and rustic Americana views. The resource I use for excellent quality… read more.
Artists say letting go of their originals gets easier over time. I admit I'm still in the "hate to give it up mode." It's not that I need to constantly surround myself with my own work. It's more a matter of "what if I get so much better in a few years that I look at this work and have second thoughts… read more.
Half the job of any artist is finding what you like to paint. I don't know why but I'm drawn to images of western landscapes and old stuff left behind. Machines, buildings, signs, parts of small towns that once were thriving and offering promising futures but in a relatively short time have outlived… read more.
An artist friend of mine creates beautiful landscapes on his computer. He paints them freehand and the result looks like an ultra-contemporary silkcreened print. A snooty Santa Barbara art collector saw one of these pieces in another collection and wanted to purchase one. He asked my friend what… read more.
I have my own advertising and graphic design company (www.stevebeaumont.com) and have art directed hundreds of photographs and film projects during my career. While on far away business assignments to some of the most awe-inspiring places I would always notice where I was standing and think… read more.
What inspires an artist? As a kid sitting in the backseat of my parent's car I remember looking at the scenery go by and every once in awhile noticing something really interesting - a tree with arms like a man, a tractor in a ditch, birds on a wire, an oversized sign. Nothing worth stopping for but scenes… read more.
