These are the paintings and drawings by Michael Kupka that are not part of the Stereoil Process. His interest in visual art started at a very early age as a child. This series is when things began to get serious in the late '60s. A major turn was taken when he visited The Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1969 where he was able to study in the members' library. There he found Dali's "50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship". On return he painted "Yin Yang" and attended the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, Canada. There he experimented with a number of "styles of the day" and began photography. An experiment with the first Polaroid camera was instrumental in the quest for stereo painting; "painting with both eyes". In the early '70s, in Vancouver, Canada, he started using a 3-D stereo camera and began using those photos as subjects for his paintings and drawings. The pieces created from 1973 to 1985 are called "The Stereoil Process". In 1985 he began doing 3-D stereo computer graphics and in 1989 attended Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada participating in the Computer Graphics and Animation Program. He continues to use a stereo camera and create stereo 3-D graphics.

 

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