After I first played with AI generated images last June I started this piece as my first painting based on such a reference. I used 3D-modelling tools for concept work for many of my paintings since the early 90s so I'm trying to see this as another tool. However, AI is quite a different beast. It's capable to fake creativity and aesthetics on a high level and it's getting better and better. I'm aware that AI is a double-edged sword and I do feel some level of discomfort when using it. On the other hand I just can't ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist. I'm trying hard to make a use of it in such a way that I can produce something even more interesting by merging it with my own visions.
This painting is the first piece of my planned series Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The Rider, 2022
Acrylics on fiberboard
40 x 32 cm / 15.75 x 12.6 in
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