Sheriann Ki-Sun Burnham: Nomad
Artist(s):
Title:
- Nomad
Exhibition:
Creation Year:
- 1996
Medium:
- Digital painting: Iris print
Size:
- 22.25" X 22.25"
Category:
Artist Statement:
Originally I produced mixed media paintings and wall constructions, combining traditional media with computer images. Most recently, my works have been paintings solely created on the computer. These works are a continuing exploration in the formal aspects of abstracted space and form. My paintings invite the viewer to explore this visual space, finding their own interpretation.
Since an early age, I have been interested in the layering of pattern, texture, and form. This fascination has guided me through experiments with watercolor, pen and ink, stone lithography, and ultimately the computer.
Whether representational or abstract, I delight in the interplay between negative and positive spaces and the juxtaposition of geometric and biomorphic form. With the computer, I can also enhance the visual complexity within these spaces. The computer’s immense texture and pattern-generating capabilities enable me to create images that cannot be created easily in other media. I believe the computer as an artist’s tool expands the imagination and extends the possibilities of what can be achieved in artistic expression. I hope the works represent a step in the development of computer art that utilizes the computer’s strengths, without losing the human touch.
Using scanned images of anything from rice paper to previously photographed computer textures, I create custom textures to paint with in Fractal Design Painter. The images in Ongoings are representative of a series begun in late 1994. I build images by mirroring and altering areas as I go along. These images are then used alone or as grounds for additional painting.
