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Generative Figuratives
(1997-)


For most of my career as an artist, I had largely avoided the figure as a subject of my static 2-dimensional work. This is largely due to my belief for a period of time that art as a mirror on humanity was a challenge to consider art that was not centered on the human subject.

However, in my 30's I came to appreciate the human body as a study in form and composition and as an embodied 'text' (Little, Anderson). In addition, my inclination is toward the softer aesthietics of the female body, as it conrasts well witht he hard, rectilinear aesthetic of the technological.

However, in light of my largely mediated daily experience, I was motivated to consider my perception of flesh as embodied data (Hayles). This series of works experimented with disruption of the data body through the introduction of noise, the algorithmic/generative creation of an ambiguous figure, and the inscription of texts within the body itself.

The process began with the scanning of various photographs in my posieesion, which were then composited and manipulated through algorithmic means until it lost a degree of realism that was desired. Each image is recursed an average of about ten to twenty times, and each image required about a 3-4 days to produce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

Gordian Dragon (2002)
Ink on handmade paper, 11.5"hx8.5"w
Zoomorph1 (2002)
Ink on handmade paper, 11.5"hx8.5"w

Southwestern (2002)
Ink on handmade paper, 11.5"hx8.5"w
phytomorph (2002)
Ink on handmade paper, 11.5"hx8.5"w
figurative 5 (1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 22" x 16"
figurative 6 (1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 36" x 24
figurative 7 (1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 22" x 16"

figurative 8 (1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 16" x 22"

figurative 9(1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 22" x 16"

figurative 10(1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 36" x 24"

figurative 11(1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 22" x 16"

figurative 12(1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 16" x 22"
figurative 13 (1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 22" x 16"

figurative 14 [blue nude] (1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 36" x 24"

figurative 15 (1998-)
variable, currently Print/Mixed 36" x 24

Blind(1999 Image not online)
Print/Mixed 36" x 24"
Patrick is represented by Barrister's Gallery in New Orleans, LA
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