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During the middle 1980s, a friend of mine convinced his father to mortgage his house so we could start up a computer-aided ink and paint service to serve producers of animated TV commercials. We purchased $100,000 worth of computers, video and animation equipment. The graphics computers or "paintboxes" were expensive ($10,000) custom built devices with slow processors. But they were capable of producing a broadcast quality video image, and (by photographing the high resolution color monitor) a 35 mm negative or transparency. As we trained to use these machines I taught myself to digitally paint images.
Over the years, advances in digital technology allowed visual artists to expand the range of tools to create astonishing images. Learning to work with digital painting tools fueled my quest to integrate digital and natural media creation processes. Traditional and virtual artmaking tools are equally important to me. The Painted Face surveys my earliest efforts to explore the realms of shapes and colors that I found satisfying while working with digital tools. Click here.
