Gautam Rao

CAPTCHA Paintings

Human Error (7″x6″)

CAPTCHA Painting 1 (7″x6″)

CAPTCHA Painting 2 (7″x6″)

I started this series after encountering CAPTCHAS on several major sites including Blogger, Yahoo and MSN. These codes are used to prove that the site’s users are human, and not a spam bot. The whole thing seems very “Blade Runner.” It was fun to take this computerized humanity test and paint them in oils, an all-too human process. To read more about CAPTCHAS visit the Wikipedia entry and to see a CAPTCHA in action, try entering a comment.

Tags: captcha, codes

File Uploading (6"x7")

Tags: frustration, icon

Dock Painting 2 (7"x6")

Collection of Jay Brewer of Blogpire.com

Tags: apple, dock, icon, illustrator, iTunes

iPod Painting (6"x7")

Tags: apple, gadgets, iTunes

New Folder Painting (7"x6")

Collection of Olga Yiparaki of Tucson, AZ.

Tags: apple, dock, icon