Jade Leaf is an abstract computer painting that was inspired by botanical forms. The images were made with a keyboard, IBM-AT and Cubicomp Picturemaker system using Lumena, Easel and PC-10 software. Individual images were shot onto 16mm film using a Bolex camera, mounted on a

tripod, pointed at the monitor. Jade Leaf is the first computer animated film made at California Institute of the Arts, where Priestley was in the school’s first computer animation class (1984-85), taught by Vibeke Sorensen. “Priestley’s abstract painting has a wonderful graphic flow, not completely geometric, yet not completely organic.” -Phil Borsos, NW Film and Video Festival Juror.

Credits: Directed, produced, animated and edited by Joanna Priestley. Music by Howard Richman.