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Science Art is an art genre that focuses on science-based subject matter and SciArt is simply a more recent catch phrase. Although science art has been around for hundreds of years, it is only gradually being recognised as an art genre unto its own, as seen in the appearance of the above abbreviation. 

To-date there is no commonly accepted definition of the artistic features of this new genre and in the wake of its increasing popularity this genre has, unfortunately, become inflated with art works that have little to do with science. Below I outline the some features that I apply in my work.

 

Further reading: DOI: 10.35603/sws.iscah.2024/ks01.01

 

 

My Criteria 

The work should depict a motif that is explicitly grounded in a concept dealt with as a subject of scientific investigation. Such topics can usually be visualized, be it in reality or in the mind, be it through figurative or abstract designs, metaphoric pictures or graphic symbolism. My art is therefore, by nature, realistic.

 

Despite its realism, science art will typically require a minimum of information, but only enough to identify the subject matter without becoming educational. This could be as short as an apt title, if the image is self-explanatory. Sometimes I introduce the subject in a lyrical text.

 

My Objectives 

1. to depict scientific subjects in a way that reveals their irrational and aesthetic aspects, going beyond what is possible in conventional scientific illustrations used for education and communication. A special area of interest is that of biological evolution and the role of order and disorder.

 

2. Given the rapid advancement of robotics, I explore how humans and robots can collaborate as equal partners in shaping the future.

This project is connected to concepts of evolution and the principles of

order and disorder and my overriding premise, the future of AI is biological.

 

Method

I approach my paintings as projects that embody investigation and development, evolving dynamically from initial project definition and information gathering through design conception and iterative refinement

into a final image, much the same as a scientific investigation.

 

I use traditional techniques of painting, reflecting not only the human 

origin of the work, but of science and technology as a whole, being my primary subject matter.

Finally, by displaying my works in public, I seek to engage viewers in the aesthetic dimensions of scientific subject matter. No more, no less.