Artists
Caroline Bowen
Artist
Hypotenuse Studios
Louisville, Tennessee, USA
Statement
I graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2016 with my bachelors in math and academic physics with a minor in studio art, and I am currently pursuing an online bachelors in computer science through the University of the People. My intentions as an artist are to share and explore the beauty of mathematical physics through sculpture, using a wide variety of media including alcohol ink, Mylar plastic film, acrylic rod, 3D-printed PLA, thread, beads, and colored cardstock.
Artworks
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30.0 x 45.5 cm
Drawing panel, gesso, colored pencil, graphite pencil
2026
This drawing is a revisiting of a 2019 series of four vector field drawings I created that I have found myself particularly drawn to over the years, improved with a super matte black gesso base applied to the drawing surface and more thoughtful color scheme. What I find so compelling is that these are exactly the sorts of differential equations we invented computers to handle for us, effectively holding the math at arm’s length, and consequently there is a mathematical intimacy and beautiful tedium to taking the time to compute the direction of each vector with a handheld calculator and draw it in on a grid of circles individually drawn with a compass.