Amalgamations
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Apart From Matter - 2013
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30" x 50" Canvas print
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Figment Of Imagination - 2013
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30" x 50" Canvas print
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Mysterium Fascinans - 2013
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30" x 50" Canvas print
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These works are amalgamations of form, color, and material properties, as well as creative processes. They integrate directed randomness with intentional design, abstraction with photorealism, and painting with sculpture.
Rather than beginning with a fixed goal, I experiment, exploring the possibilities of various processes and discovering the work as it unfolds. I use emergence and self-organization as creative tools, constructing creative processes by defining the rules that govern them. These processes emulate and diverge from natural systems, balancing novelty with familiarity.
These images were created by generating complex implicit surfaces using directed randomness, then advecting them through custom procedural noise fields. Variations of these noise fields modulate digitally painted images to define color, geometric detail, and physically based material properties. Lighting and rendering are also physically based.
The result is virtual photographs of virtual sculptures inspired by hypnagogic imagery. Though the processes and inspirations behind the work are complex, the intention is simple: to evoke awe, imagination, fascination, and contemplation.
Rather than beginning with a fixed goal, I experiment, exploring the possibilities of various processes and discovering the work as it unfolds. I use emergence and self-organization as creative tools, constructing creative processes by defining the rules that govern them. These processes emulate and diverge from natural systems, balancing novelty with familiarity.
These images were created by generating complex implicit surfaces using directed randomness, then advecting them through custom procedural noise fields. Variations of these noise fields modulate digitally painted images to define color, geometric detail, and physically based material properties. Lighting and rendering are also physically based.
The result is virtual photographs of virtual sculptures inspired by hypnagogic imagery. Though the processes and inspirations behind the work are complex, the intention is simple: to evoke awe, imagination, fascination, and contemplation.