Roy Kinzer

My paintings show the random fractal patterns formed when road maps are integrated with satellite images. I focus on the self-similar aspects of fractals patterns, when they have the same contours and structures across different scales. Each element holds within it the same properties as the larger system. My work explores the self-similar patterns of a cityscape and exposes its larger, hidden infrastructure. The cityscape is scarred with scratches, scrape marks and bleached-out light. These marks visually tear into the repetitive urban fabric, digging into the surface like road construction.

I see my paintings in the tradition of the Hudson River School painters, who used perspective, magnified scale and dramatic lighting to explore the Sublime, the feeling of rapture or awe caused by the beauty and terror of nature. I use the same effects to visualize a modern Sublime where technology magnifies the patterns of urban fractals.