Can man and machine collaborate to create art? If its artistic power can be harnessed to help us unlock self-awareness, spark mindfulness, and promote social harmony, what will the result be? These are the questions that shape my work.
Whether digitally manipulating an image, designing code-based systems, or co-creating with AI, I treat technology not as a tool, but as a collaborator in the search for aesthetic meaning.
Meet David Mew
David Mew is an American visual artist based in Los Angeles whose practice bridges traditional digital imaging, generative design, and AI-driven tools to create his Geo-Surrealistic Landscapes. These large-format compositions of layered abstractions are defined by saturated color palettes, textural depth, and meticulous detail. His creative process blends structured logic with intentional curation to shape the visual language of Geo-Surrealistic Landscapes. These compositions emerge from process and randomness, where algorithm meets discovery.
Originally trained in foundational drawing and painting techniques, David’s approach evolved alongside the rise of digital media. He sees each new wave of technological change from early imaging software to generative coding to AI models not as a threat to creativity but as an expansion of it. Mew is an Indexed Artist in the Techspressionism art movement.
Mew's work has been exhibited both regionally and internationally and has found a global audience through his explorations of the inner worlds of the mind and the outer worlds of community and place. His Geo-Surrealistic Landscapes are created not just to be viewed but to be felt, offering quiet invitations toward presence, discovery, and connection.
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Creative Process
As an artist working in algorithmic and generative design, my practice centers on building systems that translate conceptual ideas into visual form. I develop original algorithms, often through code, that define the rules governing composition, color, texture, and detail. Each project follows a four-phase methodology: Ideation, Algorithm, Curation, and Format.Ideation
Every series begins with a question, emotion, or personal reflection. My art reflects lived experience and personal growth, particularly through the lens of wellness, identity, and place. Los Angeles, my birthplace, anchors much of my work as both a visual palette and a spiritual landscape. I frequently iterate on prior ideas, recontextualizing them or combining them with new concepts to deepen the inquiry and push the work forward.Algorithm
Once the conceptual seed is defined, I formalize it as a system. I begin with a minimal version of the algorithm, running test iterations to evaluate visual behavior. This phase is highly iterative: run, observe, adjust. Through cycles of experimentation, I tune parameters and introduce variability until the algorithm reveals a compelling visual logic. Many works are developed entirely through code while others integrate AI-based tools or digital process workflows.Curation
Every generative system yields a nearly infinite range of outputs. Curation is the interpretive phase where my artistic vision is distilled. I select images that resonate with the emotional and conceptual goals of the project, whether chaotic and vibrant or calm and meditative. Through curation, I create a coherent narrative and offer the viewer a structured entry into the algorithm's complexity.Format
Though digitally conceived, my works are intended to exist in physical space. I produce chromogenic prints face-mounted under acrylic, dye-sublimated metal panels, backlit lightboxes, and digital projections. Physicality matters as a way to ground digital experience in the analog world.Geo-Surrealistic Landscapes explore the inner architecture of the mind. These dreamlike worlds are portals into unseen layers of emotion, memory, and transformation.
My Geo-Surrealistic Landscapes are dreamlike, metaphysical worlds shaped by my own transformative wellness journey. Inspired by dreams, yoga, and meditation, they hold a spiritual essence that transcends conventional reality. I explore themes of inner peace, good intentions, self-discovery, positive energy, interconnectedness, and social harmony. I believe art has the power to reflect, to connect, and to transform - not just the individual, but the collective. Individual growth fuels collective progress.
Drawing from the biomorphic art movement, my work blends cellular structures and organic forms with geometric and curvilinear elements. Many pieces are titled after feelings, values, aspirations, or personal mantras. The visual language of Geo-Surrealistic Landscapes is anchored in three core elements:
Geometry
There is profound beauty in the simplicity and order of geometric relationships. Abstract forms drawn from sacred geometry, labyrinths, and mandalas repeat throughout my work, offering balance, symmetry, and a deeper symbolic resonance.
Biological Forms
Each pulsating, biomorphic shape mirrors the vitality of personal evolution. Every cell is a symbol of transformation, and their interconnections reflect a holistic vision of wellness: mind, body, and spirit.
Shifting Patterns
As someone deeply attuned to patterns, both visible and hidden, I use them to evoke a sense of wonder and meaning. The shifting structures mirror how we perceive growth: sometimes sudden, often gradual, and occasionally imperceptible. My interest in aperiodic patterns represents the reality of meaningful change: not linear but layered; nonlinear and complex. By embracing disruption and letting go of old structures, we make space for new awareness and insight to emerge.
I invite viewers to explore their own wellness journeys by stepping through the portals of my Geo-Surrealistic Landscapes.
About Videre Studio
Inspired by 'To See' in Latin, Videre Studio encourages collectors to See, to Describe, to Think, and ultimately to Connect with Art. Any meaningful and lasting experience with a piece of art begins with truly Seeing it. Videre Studio is based in New York City and Los Angeles.
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