Today, painters can use computer software to create pieces of art, such as the one demonstrated above. Using the computer does not require knowledge about complicated techniques, such as fresco secco, encaustic painting, or buon fresco. The knowledge about the solvency of substances and mixing paint, wax, or resin is no longer needed. The software does everything for the artist. Moreover, today’s technology even allows painting en plein air due to the increased availability of laptops and tablets.
Bomomo is an excellent example of software that allows the creation of abstract art. The service creates harmony by stressing the similarities of separate but related parts. For instance, the thick parallel lines in the background are of similar color and shape representing the sky merging with the ground. The constellation of planets in the right top corner also contributes to harmony, as all the planets are of proportional sizes and similar colors with the sun in the top left corner.
Harmony is also created by synthesizing didacticism and abstractionism. On the one hand, it can be clearly understood that it is a landscape painting. There is the sun, a constellation of planets, a flower, and a butterfly. At the same time, abstractionism in the picture allows the viewer to find connotational meanings. For instance, it is unclear what the wave-like form on the left is. For me, it is a warm wind that picks up the scent of the flowers, offers it to the sun, and spreads it around the Earth. However, somebody may see a rainbow, the Milky Way, or just a bland stroke of a brush with absolutely no meaning.
It should be noticed, however, that the harmony of the picture was not created by a person; the random number generator created it. Is it still art? I believe, yes, as it is the painter who decides what is to stay on canvas and what is to go.