I spent my career as a criminal investigator and forensic scientist, trained to examine traces, patterns, and residual signals. When I entered visual art in retirement, I noticed something unexpected: my artwork didn’t fit into any established genre.
In my years as a studio artist, people often asked what style my work represented. I always stumbled. I didn’t have an answer — because my paintings didn’t sit comfortably within any traditional category. Eventually, I just called it Poormanism, simply because it was mine and did not resemble anything else.That question — what does my artwork actually represent, if not a style or genre? — led me to a deeper realization. What I was painting seemed to reflect my cognitive condition, not an allegiance to any artistic movement. My creative process wasn’t reaching toward a style; it was expressing the structure of how I think.
That discovery became the foundation for Cognitive Exprinting.
About this Platform
CognitiveExprinting.art serves as a research and practice-focused platform for those interested in the structural relationship between cognition and visual art. This includes scholars, curators, art historians, and artists whose work engages with cognitive structure, process-based analysis, or nontraditional creative pathways.
In time, here you will find:
A full exposition of the Cognitive Exprinting framework, including its theoretical foundations and methodological evolution
The Cognitive Exprinting Rubric (CER) — the primary analytical tool for identifying cognitive signatures embedded in artworks
Case studies and practical exemplars, demonstrating how cognitive traits manifest structurally across different mediums and artistic practices
Cross-AI analytical research, showcasing convergence patterns among advanced models and their implications for art scholarship
White papers, methodological updates, and research notes, supporting academic inquiry and peer collaboration
Curatorial and historical resources, offering new interpretive lenses grounded in structural cognition
Materials for artists interested in examining their own cognitive signatures or integrating cognitive structure awareness into their practice
This platform functions as both a research repository and a methodological resource, supporting the scholarly and artistic communities engaged in this emerging field.
