The Tar HeelThursday, July 20, 198939
Arts and Features
Artist creates co Biases with compytteir
Twentieth-century computers, a far
cry from the ancient Chinese abacus
and Pascal's 17th-century arithmetic
machine, have become an integral part
of our society and have a wide vari
ety of users even artists!
Theresa Marie Rhyne, a computer
graphics artist and systems analyst,
is display her work in the Carolina
Union Gallery until August 31, 1989.
The exibit, "Suspended Rotation,"
combines imaginative collages with
colorful computer graphics to pro
duce a unique form of art. Rhyne
focuses her computer compositions
around the Macintosh microcomputer
and its predecessor, the Lisa.
The idea of "Suspended Rotation"
represents the computer graphics
being moved or rotated on the screen,
then frozen for the desired image.
Paul Boyd
Art
Rhyne incorporates the computer
graphics with colorful papers, maga
zine pictures, photographs and vari
ous objects, such as yarn and broken
guitar strings, to achieve her final
product.
"I like to think of myself as a
collage artist," Rhyne said. "Collage
is a reflection of how a person lives
his or her life. A lot of history goes
into each piece of my work."
Rhyne's interest in art developed
early in life, at the age of 13, when
she was heavily influenced by her art
teacher during the collage-medium
movement of the 1960s. Although
she has experimented with other ar
tistic media, Rhyne found her true
forte with collage, which she contin
ues to improve upon as modern com
puter technology advances.
"My job (as a systems analyst)
requires me to be on the cutting edge
of technology," she. said. "Since
computers are constantly changing, I
sometimes find myseif in computer
stores using the latest equipment to
create my art. As computer technol
ogy improves, my ability to create
increases."
Although technology continues to
expand and improve, some limita
tions still exist in computer graphics,
especially with regard to resolution.
Rhyne said that it is five times more
difficult to resolve a graphic image
than to record sound from an instru
ment, such as a guitar. Some images
on the screen may have little or no
output and cannot be printed effec
tively. Coupled with that degree of diffi
culty is the time factor. Although each
piece may take only a day to com
plete, a great deal of time is involved
in the thought process and creation
of the work.
"The abstract artist must be more
seasoned," Rhyne said. "One must
create and see the image in the mind
before transferring it to a concrete
medium. It takes a long time to think
that way."
Rhyne became a member of the
Palo Alto Art League in 1981 and
has continued her artistic endeavors
since then. She moved to the Tri
angle area in June 1987 from Stan
ford University, in the heart of Sili
con Valley, where she received four
degrees in engineering. Rhyne was
the chief artist on Kids Time II, edu
cational software for children, pub
lished by Great Wave Software.
Rhyne has been a visiting artist in
the Wake County Art Council's school
arts program and has taught work
shops at the North Carolina Museum
of Art. She spoke on how computer
graphics relate to traditional art me
dia at the April 1989 National Art
Education Association's Conference
in Washington, D.C.
Currently, she is a senior systems
requirements analyst for Unysis Cor
poration at the Environmental Pro
tection Agency in Research Triangle
Park.
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