Paul Rickards

A photo of some 3.5” floppy cassettes being used in a Roland sequencer. One yellow is inserted and the other is red and still in its jewel case

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Yes I do ;-)

Paul speaking to a visitor in a gallery featuring large colorful pen plotter drawings on the walls

Doors and the poster for the exhibition

Very large plotter plotting a tall drawing

The absolute highlight of my Saturday - I got to see @paulrickards.bsky.social's plotter art exhibit at Bantam Tools Machine Arts Gallery in Peekskill. In addition to art on the walls, Paul had a modern Bantam Tools pen plotter hard at work creating even more art!

An abstract portrait of Harvey Milk comprised of 34 horizontal lines that modulate thicker or thinner based on the portrait and are one shade of a rainbow continuous outlined in black. The shading is from cross hatching of pen strokes of cyan, yellow, and magenta inks.

Remembering Harvey Milk- gay rights champion, Navy veteran, and first openly gay man elected to public office in California.

CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B #PenPlotter generated and controlled with Python.

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#Pride #PlotterArt #Art

Thanks Andrew! ☺️

Thanks Eric! Happy you like it ☺️

An abstract portrait of Alan Turing comprised of 34 horizontal lines that modulate thicker or thinner based on the portrait and are one shade of a rainbow continuous outlined in black. The shading is from cross hatching of pen strokes of cyan, yellow, and magenta inks.

I’ve long admired the old ALDUS logo from PageMaker. I’ve used that style to create a #PenPlotter rainbow portrait of Alan Turing for pride month.

CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper and a HP 7585B pen plotter with Python.

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#Art #Artist #PlotterArt #PenPlot #NoAI

Playing a little Mozart with MIDIPLAY on my #Atari #STe on a dreary afternoon.

Irises

Apparently there is a #FlowersonFriday so here are some irises from my backyard that were transplanted from other irises from @paulrickards.bsky.social.

“A cat sits on top of a printer, intently staring at a colorful abstract painting on the wall. The printer is covered in various stickers and sits beside a desk cluttered with papers and cassette tapes. Two vibrant framed artworks hang on the wall above the printer.”

Caroline contemplates @paulrickards.bsky.social plotter art.

Nice! Love the Keith Haring art!

So happy you made out! Appreciate your support.

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Paul’s work

Paul’s work

Went to the @paulrickards.bsky.social art exhibit in Peekskill, New York yesterday. Such a great day and I am always amazed at his work.

Paul Rickards Opening Party
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this Saturday, May 3rd, 4-6pm
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#penplotter #penplotart #axidraw #nextdraw #artframe

RSVP to Paul Rickards | Bantam Tools Machine Arts Gallery Opening | Partiful Join us for the opening of a solo show by Paul Rickards, an artist and engineer who brings vintage pen plotters back to life. Using custom code and obsolete machines, Rickards creates algorithmic draw...

Excited to announce my #PenPlotter artwork will be on view at the @bantamtools.bsky.social Machine Arts Gallery in Peekskill, NY Friday-Sunday during the month of May! There's an opening on Saturday, May 3 from 4-6pm. If you're in the area, stop by and say hi!

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Cool, good enough for now. Thx!

It got hacked, unable to recover it. It’s been years since I was there. It lives on as a zombie I guess.

A small white rectangular paperboard box opened on a black table with a silver plastic packet visible in the opening. The box says Raspberry Pi Camera Module 2 in a sans serif font with small print and a bar code that evokes a pharmaceutical box.

At first glance, I thought it was a box of decongestant.

Possibly! Curious what dot matrix print outs from the program look like. Are there examples in the manual?

An exhibit table at a computer fair with two large plotters and a music keyboard with a built-in plotter. In the back is a large framed abstract colorful plot on an easel. On the wall are various abstract pen plot designs and a poster.

Back from a whirlwind of a weekend. Thank you to all that stopped by my #PenPlotter exhibit table at #VCFEast this year. And a huge thank you to all that purchased plots and floppies at consignment.

If you got a plot or postcard, reply with a picture!

#VCFEast2025 #RetroComputing

Pen Plotter art by Paul Rickards.

Vintage Computer Festival East was full of colorful, vintage eye candy today. It was also fun to meet some of @polpo.org ‘s online community IRL. @paulrickards.bsky.social pen plot artwork is so wonderful.

Come to #VCFEast this weekend to see our #AtariST exhibit!

I will have a video toaster setup at VCF East thanks to your suggestion at LI Retro! Come check it out at our Westchester Amiga User Group WAUG Amiga 40 Exhibit!

I'll be there with my vintage pen plotter exhibit! Would love to say hello :-)

A Roland DPX 2000 pen plotter with a completed poster titled The Plot Thickens: Pen Plotter History and Artistry.

An oblique view of the poster showing some color splashes of pen plotter artwork.

Getting things ready for my #PenPlotter exhibit at #VCFEast2025 this weekend. Spent the day plotting this poster on the Roland DPX 2000. I added some color splashes to it this year.

If you come to the show, you’ll see this plotter plus a few others.

#VCFEast #Art #RetroComputing

An abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The shading is disorganized so it has a shaggy, fuzzy texture about it.

Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The shading is disorganized so it has a shaggy, fuzzy texture about it. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.

Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The shading is disorganized so it has a shaggy, fuzzy texture about it. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.

This is still a CMY Delaunay Triangles on Waves but with a slightly distorted shading giving it a shaggy texture.

CMY on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B #PenPlotter with Python.

Available in my shop: shop.paulrickards.com/cmy-delaunay...

#PenPlotterArt #NoAI #ArtForSale #Art

Hey thanks! Happy you enjoy it 😊

An abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. A lighter spot of color is in just above the center.

Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.

Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.

This CMY Delaunay Triangles on Waves looks like colorful facets of gemstones arranged and tightly packed together.

CMY on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B #PenPlotter with Python.

Available in my shop: shop.paulrickards.com/cmy-delaunay...

#PenPlotterArt #NoAI #Art #ArtForSale

Sorry about that.

An abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed black outlined triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. A lighter spot of color is in just above the center.

Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed black outlined triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.

Detail from an abstract pen plot on white paper in portrait orientation of tightly packed black outlined triangles arranged in a subtle wave pattern from upper left to lower right each hatch shaded with a different color from overlapping cyan, yellow, and magenta inks. The detail shows individual pen strokes comprising the hatch shading.

Another CMYK Delaunay Triangles on Waves giving stained glass vibes.

CMYK on 11”x15” watercolor paper using a vintage HP 7585B #PenPlotter with Python.

Available in my shop: shop.paulrickards.com/tangled-cmy-...

#PenPlotterArt #Art #ArtForSale #NoAI