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Algorithmic

More than half of my practice involves writing code to create new images from old, manipulating what you see on a pixel-by-pixel basis.

Hedge
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Hedge

(for the Lay it on the Line show, October 2020)The theme of the show is our relationship with consumerism.   I can see at least 4 interpretations of this image in that context.

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"And so on..."
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"And so on..."

If you’re old enough, the phrase ‘and they told two friends… and so on  and so on’ is just part of your lexicon — the irony of a TV ad using the idea

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Finnish Line
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Finnish Line

In 2019 I spent 4 months studying in southwest Finland,  There, I  photographed nearly everything I threw out.  Then  I extracted number of pixels of each colour from the photographs to build a

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Vanity Fair
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Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackery meets Crayola™This piece is made from all the unblended colours Crayola™ released as crayons.  Crayola™ is the first brand that I remember being aware of. No other crayons would

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Assorted Actresses, Part 2

Here are the rest of the images in the Assorted Actresses series.  Each image is the result of combining information from two images from the generation before.  There is a little bit of

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Assorted Actresses, part 1

This series is based on the actresses in the AFI Top 25 Legends.  With, of course, a twist.   I created images based on each of those actresses,  then had people vote on them,

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Days that might have been

(generated Dec 10, 2019, in Turku, Finland.)This set of 12 images is one full cycle of "Days that might have been, " a reflection on arbitrariness using the "lost days" at the time

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Temps Perdu
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Temps Perdu

After many adventures with the last set of images (they are taking me to Rome!), I thought about what else I could do with control points.For this set, I am thinking about

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A new wrinkle
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A new wrinkle

A new wrinkle in the sortation series – a series of random points determining how the thing sorts.  This one is based on a portrait of Ingrid Bergman.

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Flodden
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Flodden

Flodden is based on Sir Walter Scott's epic poem "Marmion", which is about the Battle of Flodden Field - the largest battle between English and Scottish forces.Each set of connected line segments

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Fib (2018)
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Fib (2018)

Digital image, created by algorithm7200 px x 7200 pxAn exploration of the Fibonnacci sequence.  Each of the 16 regions is made of concentric ‘squares’  where each ‘square’ has the same number of pixels

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Mercy Flight (2018)
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Mercy Flight (2018)

Another of my "random sortation" pieces, this is based on a photo from a diptheria relief flight in 1929.

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Grissom 1966
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Grissom 1966

A piece from my Random Sortation series,  based on a photograph of Virgil "Gus" Grissom.

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