Pre-algorist work: 1947-1980
History of Roman's earlier work preceding his work as an algorist. His late 1960's programmed audio visual work that overlapped this period is included in the following Algorist section.Note: Locating and documenting these history sections is an on going project.
From coal fields to Art School, 1947-1950
- Art School
- Paintings
Monastic Period 1950-1968
- The Monastery
- New York
- Paris
- Washington
Click here for personal account of departure from the cloister
Minneapolis pre-algorist, 1968-c.1980
- Constructivist Eikons
- Imaging the Unseen
- Conceptual
- Minnesota in four seasons
Algorist work 1969 - 2005 ff.
History of Roman's algorithmic work including related work with electronics and programmed procedure.
Interfaces with Algorist Period Early Algorist period, 1980-1988
- The Magic Hand of Chance
- Overview: From brush in hand to brush in machine
- Dot matrix color (under construction)
- Pen plotter drawings (under construction)
- First brush strokes (Under construction)
Families of form, 1988-1998
- Boole Edition
- Gaia Series (Under copnstruction)
- Ezekiel Series (Under construction)
- Mural: The Growth of Form
- Manchester Illuminated Universal Turing Machine
New Form Directions. 1998. . .
- Cyberflowers (Under construction)
- Pearl Park Scriptures
- Rocktown Scrolls
- Enclosed Garden: hortus conclusus
Mergings, hand & machine: 2008 . . .
In 2007 Roman resurrected drawings from the 1970's. With his experience as an algorist he transformed the 1970's work into a mural spanning two stories.
