The purpose of this piece is to engage artists with their environment and through that, artists can be inspired by their surroundings and compelled to translate their experiences into art. Likewise, in the realm of energy harvesting, artists can derive a useful source of energy from the movement generated from a paint brush. The possibility of a battery being charged within the brush is conveyed by the image of a battery being charged on the screen and the light emitting diodes that illuminate in succession due to the brush strokes. If nano- energy harvesting applications were applied to the painting displayed, how much energy could have been harnessed? Furthermore, how much energy could have been harnessed from all the paintings done by Renaissance artists such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael?

Sorted by Amber Lee, Taylor Fitzgerald, Michael Shiloh, Ozzie Gooen, Jake Rodgers.