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This series started with the idea of making a painting that could light itself. And continued the question: can something other than my hands make a painting?

Painting uses standard and UV acrylics. Every stroke is painted by a small robot that is dabbed with a bit of paint and set free to roam again and again.

Montage: CoMix - comic book images are juxtaposed with speaking bubbles and/or onomatopoeia to present a single priciple in a hero’s story. Each composition represents the psycology of a Dream, Nightmare or Reality on the painted surface.

Assemblage: UV LEDs & on/off switch are mounted into the surface of the paintings. Individual robot artist is part of the composition.

• Biomorphic: the mark making and process are organic.
• A.I.: I’ve dubbed the robots “Cavebots”, because they are the first robot artists. Spirit Animals that each have a unique personality and symbiotically dérive (French philosophy) a composition.
• Abstract: paint is laid down without intention of representation.
• Fauve: wild colors include UV fluorescence.
• Blue Riders: The Cavebots literally ride the pigment.
• Fluxus: “Make a robot painting.” One never knows what one will get until after it is over.
• POP!: comic book and black light.
• Technology: It is my thesis that all great art has utilized the latest gadget or principle.
• Keyed On/Off switch unlocks Duality of white or black lighting --- transforms us thru veil of consciousness.
• Juan Miro – dreams. Franscico Goya – nightmares & current events.
• Joeseph Campbell – universal hero story.
• Jackson Pollock’s drip & splash.
• Bob Rauschenberg’s painted/assemblage of layered inkblots for decoding.

Vyd is a graduate from Florida State University with a Master of Fine Arts.
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