About Ray Ferris

Ray’s interest was in the application of mathematics, and as an extension, computer technology to the creation of art. He had some formal art training, and in studying composition, he became aware that natural growth patterns can be expressed through simple (and sometimes complex) formulas. As a scientist, mathematician, and computer technologist, Ray attempted to express nature and sometimes pure math concepts in art. Ray’s palate was mathematics, his canvas a computer screen, works were created as a series of formulas, filters and transformations, always with an eye to his current inspiration and essential elements of colour and composition. The final rendering was done on a high-speed computer, the printing on state-of-the-art wide bed printers. The subject matter could be a flower, ice crystal, or last night’s dream. He believed the image he sought already existed, and it was his task as an artist to find and share it.