Check out this interview with Ryan Cobourn which explores how his paintings both interact with digital information, and at the same time turn away from it. Ryan mixes all his own paints using ground pigments and oils which are all derived from the earth, and the act of painting becomes a pure relationship to the physical world.

For me, anytime I actually paint or draw, the experience is infinitely more satisfying than creating something on the computer.

-Claudia Brown