By 2003 I was beginning to see the computer as simply one of many tools and mediums for the creation of artworks. Perhaps it was an initial lack of a tactile material in the artist’s hands that led me to think of it differently. But at this point I realized I had to think differently about my computer works. Above all, I did not want “cheap” effects made to dazzle a short attention-span. In this manner I had to overcome certain prejudices against a sometimes perceived shallowness and facility. With very little history as a tool for painting, the computer somehow needed to be sublimated. I felt I could and would do this for my art–eventually.

I now think of the computer as both a means and an end for expressive art forms. What this means for me is two-fold. On one hand, I can see these images in printed form as finished works. On the other hand, they can function as a stage of a larger process, or as a basis for another medium. But perhaps this works best when the computer piece is a point of departure rather than an original of a “copy” in a different medium. In this respect, all my efforts at reproducing computer images in oil paint never really came to anything. And such an undertaking I do not find satisfying. What I do find satisfying is an immersive process in a medium from which evocative forms or images may emerge. In this sense the computer is no different than any other tool or medium.