The Mind Creative
From 1990’s onwards, the term ‘computer art’ has hardly been
used to describe works of art produced with the help of computers.
Artists of the modern era use computers as just another tool in
their arsenal coupled with traditional techniques. Today, artists no
longer depend upon predefined algorithmic images. They have at
their disposal, software based tools that has taken realism to an
unbelievable level, where it is hard to differentiate between
software based works from traditional ones. In fact, there are
many creative minds that are now doing work in multi-media which
allows computers to shake hands with traditional art techniques.
James Faure Walker is one such artist who can be described as
both a digital artist and a painter. Since the late 1980's Faure
Walker has been integrating computer technology into his practice
as a painter, incorporating computer-generated images into his
paintings, as well as painterly devices into his digital prints. He
moves between the tools of drawing, painting, photography and
computer software, blending and exploiting the different
characteristics of each.
A multi-media work by James Faure Walker
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