Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)

1987

Red Ridge by Karen Guzak

Artwork · Women Artists

Karen Guzak's 1987 lithograph Red Ridge, reproduced from the slide scan held by the Washington State Arts Commission; the work is installed at Hamblen Elementary School, Spokane.
Karen Guzak's 1987 lithograph Red Ridge, reproduced from the slide scan held by the Washington State Arts Commission; the work is installed at Hamblen Elementary School, Spokane. Karen Guzak, Red Ridge, 1987, lithograph, 22 x 29 in. Washington State Art Collection, ArtsWA (1994.026.000).

A lithograph print, arts.wa.gov of computer-generated abstract expressionism possesses a unique energy. Inspired by her mother’s weaving, textiles and beaded tapestries, the work is not made with code; rather, Guzak drew on a digitizing tablet to create the eleven plates used for each of the twelve prints. She used IBIS, a color-graphics illustration system.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

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People

Karen Guzak

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computer art, Material Generative Art

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Abstract Expressionism, abstraction, color, craft, drawing, Material Generative Art, printmaking, textiles
Technologies
computer art, digitizing tablet, IBIS, lithography, weaving
People
Karen Guzak
Works
Red Ridge

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