 
    It is impossible to be alive without the effort to create and to bring something new into concrete manifestations. 
    
      From Nicolai Fechin by Mary N. Balcomb

ROBOT’S PAINTINGS

Technology or Art? Paul Kirby was once asked which came first? Read about each painting and find out, a fascinating story of the fusioneering of art and science.

THE ART Paul was surprised, as he’d never thought about that question. As you will read, they usually started with an artistic idea or inspiration – the foam in a cup of cappuccino, or how nested curves direct the eye, as often seen in a Renaissance nativity painting.

THE SCIENCE Then the question was asked: given the art idea, how can we create that in the computer and turn that into brushstrokes for the robot to paint? Various approaches of AI and other technologies are explained with each painting.

THE FASCINATING MAGIC Taking it one-step further, Paul enjoyed creating software that created more software, or layers of software, that often produced unexpected surprises. What? What’s this mean? Explore how “ants might wonder around looking for breadcrumbs and deposit pebbles that eventually become brushstrokes.” (Ref the Brown “Nested Curves” painting, or “Timbers of Swirling Chaos.”)

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Copy of Copy of Copy of Meditation Robotic Painting

Copy of Copy of Copy of Timbers of Chaos Robotic Painting

Copy of Copy of Copy of Robotic Painting of Cappuccino Fluid Dynamics

Copy of Copy of Copy of Brown Painting of AI Agents and Stigmergy

Copy of Copy of Copy of Robotic Painting of Yellow Pointillism

Copy of Copy of Copy of Orange Robotic Painting of Genetic Programming

Copy of Copy of Copy of Swarm Intelligence Robotic Painting of Tadpoles

Copy of Copy of Copy of Nocturne Robotic Painting

Copy of Copy of Copy of Large Fluid Dynamics Robotic Painting

Copy of Copy of Copy of In the Manner of Kline - Abstract Expressionism

Copy of Copy of Copy of Alacrity Robot Painting

VIDEO: A FEW HUNDRED BRUSH STROKES. Using fluid dynamics, Paul designs a painting with beautiful brushstrokes, which are the heart and soul of painting.

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