DC*Art Studio / Dean Caprario
Symbolically Oriented Art and Illustration
DC*Art Studio Images
NOTE: The images in the leftmost column are links to their full-size version.
IMAGE
IMAGE NAME
WxH
PIXELS
SIZE
(K)
SIZE
of Actual Work
MEDIUM
COMMENTS ON THE WORK
Consciousness Spectacle-M
750x536
85 K
7"x5"
Digital
photograph
This digital collage is one of a series of 20 variations on a theme.
It was published in Computer Artist magazine in June '94. The framed
version of all 20 images was in the 1996 NY Digital Salon 4 and
published in Leonardo.
Cyberlungen
600x600
67 K
NA
Digital
This digital collage was published in the October 1996 Mac Sreet
Journal to illustrate a truly wacky science fiction story.
Femininemotion
800x588
65 K
7"x10"
Digital
Iris print
This lovely fluid image started as a watercolor which was scanned and
manipulated in Photoshop on my Mac. It was published in a profile of me
in the Sept. '95 Mac Street Journal.
Firebird
583x700
32 K
40"x48"
Acrylic
on canvas
This painting is about active solar male primal energy. It is a metaphor
for the generative force of humankind.
FrenZyvolution
800x311
51 K
46"x18"
Acrylic on paper
mtd. on canvas
This is a symbolic representation of psychological evolution amidst
the chaos of life.
GLYPHS/Dark
700x525
69 K
NA
Digital
This image is a study of the signs or glyphs that I use throughout
my work. It is the second of a series. It was published in a wall calendar
in Greece.
In the Nighttime
558x600
56 K
30"x28"
Digital
Iris print
This is one of my favorite pictures. It's about the wonders of imagination
of a solitary heroic figure. It's been in four shows.
Labyrinth
750x569
90 K
NA
Digital
This heavily layered digital collage was published in Heaven Bone
magazine. It was originally made for and published by Macromedia to demonstrate
the potential of it's xRes image editing application.
Life of Ruins
800x535
75 K
NA
Digital
This picture portrays vibrant life among the ruins of a past civilization.
Hope springs eternal and imagination conquers despair.
Love's Polarity
700x555
88 K
NA
Digital
This picture deals with polarity. We are always enmeshed in polarity.
It's the human condition. This picture was made in Fractal Design Painter
4.0. It was rejected from their latest contest.
Meeting of the Minds
/Solar
800x592
87 K
NA
Digital
This work portrays a meeting of various forms of intelligence in outer
space. It is a digital modification of a drawing I did with white ink on
black WC paper. The original drawing is 12"x9".
MFBB-Digistone
500x658
73 K
16"x20"
Digital
Photograph
This is the third image in the MFBB series. It deals with the polarity
of male and female within the unity of God or Nature. It was accepted into
the 1994 NY Digital Salon 2, and was published in the catalog of
the exhibition.
MindMesh
649x700
73 K
32"x34"
Collage
on board
This image deals with polarity in a very visual Escher-esque way of
positive-negative interplay.
Mac Street Journal
Cover
543x700
82 K
NA
Digital
This image was made for the Mac Street Journal, but was unfortunately
not used, yet . It shows the various departments of the magazine integrated
onto a circuit board.
Symbolic Consciousness I
781x600
79 K
18"x14"
Ink on
WC paper
This image is one of a series of five works which deals with the clutter
in the mind. Glyphs are layered and integrated into a chaotic whole. It
was published in Black Bear Review and on their website.
The Creation
600x731
47 K
36"x44"
Acrylic on
canvas
I did this picture thirteen years ago. It is an allegory of creation
as described in the Book of Genesis.
There is a Fountain
600x758
65 K
20"x25
Acrylic on
cotton
The ecstatic joy of devotion! This picture was commented on favorably
in the Sunday Star-Ledger when it was in a show in NJ called Joy-A
Celebration.
TRIAD
800x394
51 K
NA
Digital
This image is about psychological evolution. It was published in Computer
Artist magazine in May '95.
VSD
800x598
74 K
24"x18"
Acrylic on
black velvet
VSD stands for Valley, Shadow, Death. It is an allgory of the fear
portrayed in the 23rd psalm. It represents the evil we face in life.
What's the Frequency, Maya?
458x800
74 K
37"x65"
Acrylic and objects on canvas
This was the centerpiece of my largest solo show to date. The reviewer
said it "seems to express a wealth of perplexities." I think
I wanted to express the human condition at the end of the millenium.