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Painting Digitally
The computer does absolutely nothing in the creation of art for me except act as my canvas and allow me to study the composition and color theory of my work.
A 10 minute video produced for the Artists Center at the Galen, Palm Desert, CA demonstrating the basics of how I digitally paint my artworks on the computer.
From my art school days, I embraced the processes of painting with watercolor and acrylics. The magic of building layer upon layer of color over color, form over form through liquid medium fascinated me. However, it did not provide me with the time to step back and study the evolving composition. As digital technologies became more accessible in the late 1980's - early 1990's, I began working with the computer as my canvas. This was where I could lay down forms to study their relationship, their balance, their positioning, their scale. I could begin an artwork the same way I used to with paint, but now I had the ability to study everything with complete control over every aspect of the work.
The computer does absolutely nothing in the creation of art for me. It simply lives as a "canvas" where I can apply my color theory, my pursuit of balance to create fine art as fully evolved compositions. The results are generated from the same hand-eye connection as if I were holding a paint brush. The work is my work from my inspiration, presented traditionally on various solid mediums including canvas, fine art papers, and occasionally on aluminum plate. Just as if I had painted with paint, they are realized through robust digital technologies to precisely deliver exactly what I saw when creating them.
The computer does absolutely nothing in the creation of art for me. It simply lives as a "canvas" where I can apply my color theory, my pursuit of balance to create fine art as fully evolved compositions. The results are generated from the same hand-eye connection as if I were holding a paint brush. The work is my work from my inspiration, presented traditionally on various solid mediums including canvas, fine art papers, and occasionally on aluminum plate. Just as if I had painted with paint, they are realized through robust digital technologies to precisely deliver exactly what I saw when creating them.