Breathers
Breathers Breathers are a major subject in my art. Literally, anything that breathes. Grasshoppers, groupers, giraffes. Bacteria, but now I know there are anaerobic bacteria …
Motion 01: Visual Math and Video Dance
Visual Math and Video Dance I’ve recently returned to two old favorites -- the math visualization program Graphing Calculator and the video effects editor Apple …
Every Other Week
Every Other Week So much time tending the website, so much less time creating the art. So I’m switching to a …
The Language of Distortion
Unsplash photo by Lopez Robin. DISTORTION Water is famously apt for distortion -- the merest bump starts ripples moving. My interest is mainly …
Interference Effects
Interference Effects moire [moiré] n. an independent usually shimmering pattern seen when two geometrically regular patterns (such as two sets of parallel lines or two …
Landscapes
Landscapes Landscape is a quintessentially horizontal art — a strip of land; some trees or islands or far mountains for vertical incidence; a strip of …
Ahem. Thoughts About Women in Art
Ahem. Thoughts About Women in Art I read an extensive interview with Anselm Kiefer that called him the best living artist. He’s among …
Years of Trying 3D Effects
Years of Trying 3D Effects I've been trying to connect with 3d capabilities since some time in the '90s. Here's a smattering of examples over …
Reboot, the Abashed Blogger Said
Reboot, the abashed blogger said, looking red-faced and rather silly. I muffed my opportunity on Sunday to post new work in both the …
Kristallnacht, Babi Yar, Tulsa
Kristallnacht, Babi Yar, Tulsa miso – a combining form meaning “hate,” with the object of hatred specified by the following element: misogyny. …
Michael Hansmeyer and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Michael Hansmeyer, Subdivided Cube 4, Computational Architecture 2009. (Note from blogger: watch the pores change.) Michael Hansmeyer and the Fourth Industrial Revolution The …
Less Art for More Art Savvy
Website Change by Sloan Nota (061220 11dd) Website Protocol Change (Less Art for More Art Savvy) Those of you following this website from …
Work Inspired by Images at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Work Inspired by Images at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Please compare last week’s collection with this week’s. The point is how surprisingly the source …
White Humans
White Humans White Humans are Whites who identify as humans rather than as better-than-any-other-humans. Simple. I'm white as skim milk and secretly wish I could …
Fish and Sea-things
Fish and Sea-things As I introduce you to more of my artwork I hope you get used to the idea that style consistency doesn’t matter. …
Gaea Here and Now
Rubberband Ball; free from PixelSquid. It's watermarked with a net but that suits me here. I've long been reaching for the perfect metaphor for …
“Careful, you know it’s not about black lives”
"Careful, You Know It's Not About Black Lives" Using free characters from PixelSquid. Yesterday I discovered a new form of digital media and my eyes …
How Materials Affect an Artist’s Art, pt 2
Violino Bicchiere Pipa Calamaio by Pablo Picasso, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65820143 How Materials Affect an Artist's Art, pt 2 Say you’re an artist and you walk …