Dan Kelly / reference / digital sequence

Computer or digital paintings do not have a unique original - like a pigment covered canvas or a photographic negative. This is because digital information can be duplicated perfectly, and a single computer painting could potentially spawn an infinite number of 'originals'.

My work is constantly being copied, transmitted, transformed, materialized and annihilated. With all those countless manifestations winking on and off all over the earth, only five are ever hand signed by me, the artist.

These five signed paintings form a sequence. The higher a painting's position in the sequence, the more expensive it is. If all the paintings in a sequence are available, then the entire sequence can be purchased for significantly less than the sum of the five paintings purchased individually. Acquiring a full sequence is like acquiring an original work produced with traditional media.