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Artist’s Notes:

I create abstract digital art using several computer programs. I start by creating a graphic file in Inkscape and then use other programs to mess that file up until something happens to it that I perceive to be art. For me, it’s all about being pleasantly surprised. And there are no brushes to clean up afterwards.

Too grungy? Perhaps. All the software I use cost nothing except for Corel Photo-Paint, part of Corel Draw version 3, first purchased in 1992 and upgraded to version 10 in 2000. I had money then and could also afford acrylic paints and large stretched canvases. Now I can only afford a big box of pixels occasionally.

I print these out as 8″ x 8″ images on glossy photo paper, glue them to  8″ x 8″ x 1/2″ Styrofoam blocks, and attach a sawtooth picture hanger on the back using Gorilla glue. Then I hang them all over my place. They weigh practically nothing. A sudden breeze coming through the open windows might blow them off the walls, giving my guests a new way to interact with art.

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These pieces were originally posted on Open Arts Forum in 2019, but they were never published on the Front Page until now.

Selected byRaymond Huffman
Bill Flanagan

I did a little college time until I got a job as a technical illustrator. And then there were those side jobs doing graphic design that ultimately led me into ownership of a printing and graphics company. Twenty years later, I closed shop and retired. Ten years after that I find myself exploring abstract art creation using computer programs. Art has never cut me any slack.