Graphic by Sandshoe

May Sweet Impact reproduce well for its display in honour of Warrigal Mirriyuula’s Happy Hour.

Titled on a later Macintosh and signed, and printed on a mottled grey paper, I created Sweet Impact in its original form on a white background using a Clarisworks programme that was provided with a Mac LC II. I bought the Mac LC II in 1992 for word processing.

A Hewlett Packard printer supplied with the Mac produced a high quality graphic (pictured) that charmed me and won my interest in computagraphic still art. Some of the prints I made took as long as 20 minutes to print a copy.

I used a combination of a draw function and a colour fill function enhanced using a gradients feature to swirl colour in increasing and decreasing depths of shade and the limitation is regards reproduction of any one design the programme retained no memory of what functions were used, what steps make up the designs, no artist’s notebook. It was not conceivable to stop and record each step manually because I experienced the passion of colour and its manipulation so intensely it was impossible to break from the creative process.

I hope, Warrigal Mirriyuula whose writing and art I admire so much, you enjoy Sweet Impact.

Image of Printer sourced at: http://hpinkcartridgescheap.com/hp-inkjet-printer-history/

Image of the Mac LC II sourced at:  http://myoldmac.net/SELL/Macintosh-LC-II.htm

Reference to a history of Clarisworks: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/bob/clarisworks.php