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Ice
23" x 23"
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Artist Statement: Originally inspired and encouraged by Clifford A. Pickover's Chaos in Wonderland, I developed custom
software to explore mathematical phenomena known as "strange attractors." To me, these
images-which are merely visualizations (approximations, nonetheless) of dynamical systems-betray a
beauty not separate from, but inherent in science and mathematics. My whole intellect is engaged by
these images: as a technician, solving problems and analyzing, and as an artist, creating, selecting and
designing.
The custom software used was created with Microsoft Visual C++, OpenGL, GLUT, GLUI, and DevIL
(known as OpenIL when I used it). The original algorithm was laid forth in [Pickover, Clifford A. Chaos in
Wonderland: Visual Adventures in a Fractal World. (1994) St. Martin's Press: NY]. Two separate
programs were created: one to "look for" aesthetically pleasing attractors, the other to render them at high resolutions. The resulting
images were edited in Adobe Systems' Photoshop to create these works.
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Reach
13" x 13"
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