ARTIST STATEMENT
Are things really how they appear? Today, we are so connected to digital imagery and consuming the world through virtual realities that we struggle to tell reality from the artificially generated. These seemingly classical paintings of wildlife from deep within the Daintree rainforest are not what they seem. Traditional frames make the work appear precious, timeless, and handmade, when they are actually replicas of my original paintings, which were themselves drawn from AI manipulated imagery. Painted analogue glitches are the only clue to suggest these digital disruptions, leaving us with the uncomfortable question, "Are our perceptions artificially intelligent"?
ARTWORK PROCESS
Student collected images of Daintree birds and ran them through an AI image filter before painting the resulting image using acrylic on wood. Student then digitally photographed and printed these images of her paintings back onto board before using acrylic again to hand-paint geometric lines over the printed surface. Finally, the student framed and displayed the resulting works in the style of the Australian Impressionists.
