COVID-19: Digital Painting
In the midst of a pandemic, resources are scarce and standard operating procedures for physically making artwork have shifted. In an effort to adapt, as well as share in the camaraderie of a nation adjusting to remote relationships, I have chosen to expand my painting practice to a fully digital platform. What is essential to me here, is that the imagery is designed with the mode of consumption via digital screens. Paper prints of the images are considered a secondary, less ideal option and physical presence is not constrained to one place at one time. I will be working mainly with Adobe Creative Cloud products, such as Illustrator, Photoshop, Fresco, Capture and more.
The initiation of this endeavor will be to explore the medium by understanding the tools. I have already received training for Adobe products while earning my MFA at UNC Chapel Hill, so I will progress this knowledge by learning how techniques can be used to focus in on a particular thesis.
From interacting with digital fabrication equipment on a regular basis, I have learned that it is easy to get caught up in technicalities, especially when the goals are precise. In my case, I’ve left my goals to be explorative to understand the rhetoric of digital painting. The following are images where I’ve explored a variety of tools and techniques.
