As a fine artist creating digitally, Justin confronts the dilemma that for decades confronted fine art photography. “How do you create value,” he asks, “when [the work] can be reproduced infinitely?”

He has another thought. Why produce it as a canvas at all?

“Half my fun creating the work is sitting in virtual space and moving my camera around, seeing unlimited opportunities,” Justin says. In virtual space, Justin can be anywhere and see anything. He can fly overhead like a bird, or scoot on the ground like a bug.

Turning this three-dimensional experience into a two dimensional image produces a nice picture, says Justin, but seems anticlimactic.

“How do I make this work more interesting for people?” he wonders. The answer is to bring people inside the virtual world by producing art works available on iPads and similar devices that resemble video games in the beauty of their graphics, but without the ‘bang-bang shoot ‘em up.'

Collectors will be able to travel through Justin's 3-D worlds at their will, going where they want and doing what they want, within the parameters of the art.

“I'd like to let people explore our art in different ways,” he says, “than having it on a static piece of paper.”

Photos: David Toerge

• Justin Wood shows and sells his work from his website, justinrwood. His mid-century modern blogs can be found at cartersparks.org and modernvalley.blogspot.com.