Since starting my computer journey as a fractal explorer, I have discovered and examined many complex mathematical universes. Well Bred Fractals represent the most aesthetically pleasing and scientifically interesting results.
Many Well Bred Fractals have shapes and patterns in them that resemble those in the natural world and that is not surprising because my fractals have evolved through a purely mathematical form of the same iterative dynamic processes which in our universe have created everything from spiral galaxies and clouds to trees, sea shells and jaguars.
Human beings are also complex fractals, down to our very thoughts and dreams, and we are hard-wired to have deep emotional and intellectual responses to fractal forms.
I've used a combination bottom-up/top-down strategy to create my fractals: the computer's bottom-up number-crunching and display is combined with top-down rule-based decision-making provided by me in a directed evolutionary process. My computer screen has been transformed into something like the viewing area of a glass-bottomed boat that can traverse a myriad of vast complex coral reefs.
Artisans at the Distillery Toronto
Proof Studio Gallery Toronto
Exhibition in Paris
Guild Alive with Culture Toronto
Works Gallery Show Kingston
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Kingston Arts Council Juried Art Salon
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Two Fractals in Good Company
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Well Bred Fractals prints at Minotaur Kingston
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Florence Biennale
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With Colin at Kingston Frameworks
Works Gallery Kingston
Kingston Frameworks
Taylor Studios Gallery Kingston
Proof Studio Gallery Toronto
Distillery District, Toronto
Well Bred Fractals as book cover art
L'egide du papillon, Isabelle Sezionale Basilicato, L'Harmattan, Paris, France, 2015
I am quite holistically oriented and currently wear several hats that include exploring a great variety of mathematical universes in order to create my beautiful and interesting Well Bred Fractals, researching and disseminating information about Complexity science, and leading informative and fun bicycle tours of beautiful and historic Kingston during our tourist season. My interests range from history and the arts to the myriad wonders of the natural world and the scientific implications of global warming on our planet's complex biosphere. The promotion of urban cycling and bicycle tourism has been another of my interests over the years and I have held leadership roles on City Hall cycling committees in both Toronto and Kingston. I am a former Coordinator of the Climate Reality Project Canada's Kingston Climate Hub and served for many years on the Tourism Advisory Committee of the provincial-level South Eastern Ontario regional tourism organization (RTO9), with a focus on cycling and ecotourism issues.
a tour of other complex mathematical universes
panoramic Well Bred Fractals
Well Bred Fractals in virtual settings 1
Well Bred Fractals in virtual settings 2
Well Bred Fractals in virtual settings combined
