Acrylic on paper, 19 x 26” framed. Series of nine.

Coarse Graining is a series of paintings created with a robotic pen plotter. The robot follows instructions produced by a generative algorithm that creates a unique output each time it runs. 

Multiple sine wave oscillation functions, combined with procedurally generated noise, alter the size and orientation of hundreds of line forms. Layered on top of each other, they produce moiré interference patterns: the emergent properties of shape and color, paint and paper. Individually, each paint stroke is a simple straight edge. When combined, they produce resonant layers of complex, swirling color.