Harvey Rayner (English, b. 1975) is an algorithmic artist who builds generative artworks from custom code, using mathematics and vector graphics to reconstruct the warmth and texture of pre-digital drawing and painting media. He treats randomness as a tool for exploring the possibilities contained within carefully crafted parameters rather than ceding authorship to an opaque system.
Rayner trained in fine art painting at a London art school but left before completing his first year, drawn instead toward making art from geometry. He spent roughly a decade building custom visualization tools to explore geometric forms, unaware at first that a generative art scene existed around this kind of work. In 2022 he released his first Art Blocks project, Photon's Dream. That October he followed it with Fontana, a Curated collection released under his online handle patterndotco. Fontana reimagines pre-computer technical drawing, using compass-and-ruler-style construction and unpreset generative color to evoke the flowing movement of a fountain. It sold out on release and went on to trade for hundreds of ETH in secondary volume.
