This work represents a paradigm shift from traditional painting into a dimension which is controlled by the physics of light within a virtual space.

These "electronic field paintings" are images captured in large format from mathematically generated volumetric textures. The composition takes place within a three-dimensional virtual sphere. Unlike conventional brush strokes the marks are digital, mathematically generated, composed and rendered. They are not random, but controlled in the same way as paint on canvas is controlled.

The "brush marks" are controlled by waveforms such as sine waves, saw waves etc. at different octaves and frequencies. The resulting image is dependent on the position within the virtual sphere which can be infinite. The “painting” is created by the artist’s manipulation of waveforms, choice of location within the virtual space as well as the choice of a vast number of other parameters. like material layer combinations, wave frequencies, their directions and numerous different modes of mathematical calculation. Because the interface is graphic, it is not as technical as it sounds. The choices are purely based on aesthetics and the artist’s intent to create order.

This work is a celebration of our electronic age. It is an evolutionary step away from traditional manual work, a shift into the reality of physics and mathematics and indeed a visual record of the physics of light and the atom.