A: More broadly, after looking at so many different practices, what do you think are the defining characteristics of digital painting today? Is there a shared visual language, set of concerns, or sensibility that connects these artists, or is "digital painting" still too broad a category to speak of as a movement?
I: I see digital painting as a distinct medium, but it's now so broad and diverse that it no longer makes sense to speak of it as a single style. If there is something that connects artists working in this field, it isn't a shared visual language but a shared context.
The digital environment brings its own set of conditions. Screens, pixels, interfaces, software, algorithms, and modes of distribution all become part of the artistic process. Just as the material qualities of canvas and paint shape traditional painting, the digital environment shapes the way images are produced and experienced today.
What interests me most, however, is not the question of tools but the way digital technologies change how we think about images in the first place. That's why I see digital painting not as a unified style but as a broad field of practices connected by a shared environment.