Welcome to my site where the artwork I have produced over the years is now accessible to see. I am also using this space to debate the use of digital art and its place alongside traditional methods either as a source of study to produce pieces by traditional methods or a new way to influence the style of producing new visual approaches by integrating old and new..
Mike Beecham
MA.MCSD.PGCE.
Art by Mike Beecham. Traditional and digital artwork with a small area on the site showing my commercial work.
TAROT SERIES – TOWER 16
Just completed the Tower 16 in oils. Not sure if I will continue working on it yet as I keep coming back to it and thinking I could improve it!
LATEST DIGITAL ARTWORK USING A PASTORAL THEME
Here is a view of my latest piece produced in Corel Painter from scratch using a couple of reference images then piecing them together to make a believable scene. Hope you will agree that it works well as it is one of my most detailed pieces to date and thought it worth entering into the…
BLACKPOOL SERIES
Blackpool played a big part in my earlier work as the colours, atmosphere and a place that seemed stuck in time called out to be painted. Also siding towards symbolism it had links to personal experiencesmy younger life these that acted as a route to developing ideas around the many different visual aspects of this…
DIGITAL ART INTEGRITY
How does digital art take its place with integrity alongside traditional methods? I have produced works using a Wacom Cintiqu and now use a Huion Canvas 22, both allow working straight to screen rather than a tablet that operates separately. It is easy to use an image as a base for an artwork although tracing…
Digital & Traditional Art, displayed on my redesigned website
At last I have managed to change my website around to feature my traditional and digital media that I have been producing over a long period of time. Now I have retired my commercial work is taking second place to my drive to produce more paintings. This work has a focus to develop an individual…