San Base Studio, Toronto, Canada

The Dynamic Paintings can be considered a generative art - an art that has been generated algorithmically by a computer system. However, they are more than that. First of all, they are exceptional art design concepts brought to life using the latest in computer technology. Unlike all other generative art examples that account for just a few basic artistic principles and require very little artist input, the Dynamic Paintings by San Base are truly creations of an artist. This is what sets it far apart from any other works in this area. One can think of Dynamic Painting technology as a new medium - a new form of canvas and paint.

San Base is a Canadian artist, born in Russia. Since early childhood, he showed an aptitude toward arts, and at the age of 12 he was accepted into a Fine Arts school. Soon after, he discovered another passion - the mathematics. As an admirer of both art and science, he faced a tough decision as an adolescent - to accept an offer to Surikov Academy of Fine Arts (one of the most prominent art schools in Russia) or to go to a technical university.

A Dynamic Painting, capable of displaying a magnificent never-ending show, is truly the way this technology is intended to be seen. The slowly transforming elements of the painting will mesmerize the viewer and will create a calm, soothing atmosphere. A typical Dynamic Painting installation includes a special high-end computer system connected to a large high definition monitor or TV. The system and display can be tailored to a particular specification, to fit any environment.

New Surrealism by George Grie digital artist

George Grie had decided to transform his artistic carrier dramatically when he settled in Toronto, Canada and studied the latest computer digital art techniques. He becomes a professional Multimedia Graphic Designer and joins IBM Corporation as a lead new media specialist. His prime interest is in contemporary 3D modeling software and their applications. Applying his previous fine-art experience and classical painting education in new digital projects brings him a compete freedom of self-expression. His latest digital neo-surrealistic artworks are an extraordinary photo realistic visual record of his conceptual thoughts, philosophic views, fantasies, and dreams. Often journeying into the subconscious, Grie's work shows a magical and playful, dream-like world laced with mastery details. Supernatural illusions, mystic romanticism, spiritual magic, and delusional trance are all together presented in his digital world. It is not always a comfortable, conventional world. There is a great deal of tension and of alienation in the strange events taking place in the landscape of his imagination.

Picture: Moonlight Bathing Valkyries: Gods and Heroes series
To take a bath is an ancient physiological trait shared with other land-mammals. So, bathing has a long bio-history, which underlies the social history of its adoption by advanced human societies. Bathing for beauty, power, and status was a refinement of bodily care. There is something extremely sinister in an amalgamation of a woman who is a symbolic source of life and mythological female creature that is a harbinger of death. Bathing on a battlefield makes this scene absurdly gloomy. Merger of beauty and terror, grace and danger, erotic and decay is the main motif of this artwork. This image has very little in common with the original Scandinavian mythology. Even though, it has many historical references and symbolic medieval attributes it is a present-day scene based on modern sub cultural trends such as Goth, Emo, Metal, etc. Marked by its emphasis on individualism, a strong emphasis on creativity, tendency toward intellectualism, and cynicism, Goth ideology is based far more on visual aesthetics and simplified ethics than politics. There is no common religious tie that binds together the Goth movement, though spiritual, supernatural and religious imagery has played a part in gothic fashion, song lyrics and visual art. Reasons for donning such imagery range from expression of religious affiliation to satire or simply decorative effect.