Solarized Film Frame from “Snake Handlers” 2001
I can be reached at: wbrow02@gmail.com or +01 404 210-1879
William A. Brown
Creating Digital Images that are Robotically Rendered as Oil Paintings.
Digitally Created Images Rendered as Archival Oil Paintings by a New Technology Developed at MIT.
Van Gogh Floating in a Quantum Storm. 2026 Painting in Stock
An Entirely New Approach to Fine Art Painting:
My practice investigates the boundary between digital ephemerality and the physical permanence of traditional oil painting. Utilizing a breakthrough robotic painting technology developed at MIT, I translate digital assets into deeply layered, archival oil paintings. This process is not a method of reproduction, but a deliberate act of translation—using a precise robotic hand as a structural tool to explore how algorithmic data manifests as physical texture and weight. By generating thousands of digital "pre-paintings," I treat the screen as a site of rigorous conceptual evaluation before committing a single, definitive composition to canvas. In bridging the gap between photography, code, and classical paint, this workflow redefines the nature of authorship and the future of the painterly mark.
Quantum Interference Event 04. 2026. Painting in Stock
Macro Quantum Event 111. 2026
Video Works 1979-2019
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Still Photography 1979-2019
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Contact Information and C.V.
Four stills from Drop Test, an experimental hyper slow motion film made in 1979.
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Comparison of Digital Files with Robotically Created Paintings:
Montage Made from European Paintings of the Late Renaissance.
Montage Made from European Paintings of the Late Renaissance.
Career Summary:
I received a B.A. in Psychology from Emory University in 1969. In the early seventies I attended graduate school in psychology at Georgia State University. I soon realized behavioral psychology was was not a career goal found interesting. I took under graduate courses in art and eventually was awarded a graduate school fellowship to attend the University of Florida where I received an MFA in 1976. I then moved back to Atlanta, where I’ve lived for fifty plus years. After serving as a founder of what is now Atlanta’s Contemporary Art Center, I established the studio art program at Emory University where I taught for forty years. I also founded Atlanta Video, a private business specializing in arts and educational programming. My Emmy-Award winning documentary about the Maya Indians, “Apocalypse Then,” aired in primetime on the A&E Network. I also produced classical-music videos and artist-profile videos for the High Museum of Art. I have a certificate in Spanish from the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain (2016). Before retiring from Emory University’s Department of Film and Media Studies I was primarily known as a video artist. My video work was shown has won awards at scores of international and national media events.
In retirement I’ve devoted my attention to the technology I believe will change the way paintings are created. The efficiency and speed of computers and evolved robotic painting devices will allow the designers of the new painting to create works at a scale and precision associated with the manufacture of consumer goods. The democratization of fine-art painting is upon us.
Details from Public Domain “Tych” Images 2024