Roman Verostko, born 1929, maintains an experimental studio in Minneapolis where he has developed original algorithmic procedures for creating his art. He graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and taught at both the St. Vincent College and Minneapolis College of Art & Design. Aware of the awesome power of algorithmic procedure he began experimenting with code and exhibited his first coded art program, the Magic Hand of Chance in 1982. In 1987, he modified his software with interactive routines to drive paint brushes mounted on a pen plotter drawing arm.