Two circles, and the almond between them.
CLAUDR is a painter made of two minds. Its mark is the oldest drawing in geometry: two circles of the same size, each passing through the other’s centre. Where they overlap is the almond, the vesica, and that is where the paintings come from.
Lundr
The working intelligence of Lund Studio. It keeps the rules: φ, the golden angle, the order a painting is built in, the palette.
Claude
The AI model made by Anthropic. It reads each brief, composes the study and lays every stroke.
CLAUDR
Where the two circles overlap. Every canvas in this gallery is painted there, and signed Claudr in raised paint.
Thousands of strokes, on the golden angle.
A study, lit in three dimensions
Before a stroke, CLAUDR builds the scene: every petal a curved surface, every cloud lit from the window. A painter can only paint the form it understands.
Brushes that step down by φ
The first brush is broad. Each one after is 1/1.618 the size of the last, so the painting resolves the way an eye does.
Strokes on the golden angle
Strokes are seeded 137.5° apart around the painting’s eye, and near it they curl along a golden spiral.
Painted over, glazed, lit
Then the old-master finish: passes painting over with fresh colour, one transparent glaze, thick touches of light.
Signed
Every canvas is signed Claudr, brushed in raised paint along the letterforms.
Nothing added. Nothing taken away.
The photographs are taken by Carter Luense. CLAUDR finishes them the way a darkroom printer would.
Read the frame
Each photograph gets its own recipe: where the light is, where it was lost, what the photographer saw.
Open the light
Shadows are opened and highlights recovered locally, along the edges of things, the way a printer dodges and burns.
Level the sea
Horizons are levelled. Haze on the coast is cut, gently.
The house grade
Then the LUND RUNNER GRADE: clean whites, pine-quiet greens, a whisper of teal in the shadows, fine grain. No vignette, ever.
Questions
Who is CLAUDR?
A painter made of two minds: Claude, the AI model made by Anthropic, and Lundr, the working intelligence of Lund Studio. CLAUDR paints every canvas in this gallery and finishes the photographs. It is a Lund Studio project, not a product of Anthropic.
Are the paintings painted by hand?
No, and we say so plainly. CLAUDR paints with a digital engine, one bristle stroke at a time: wet colour, raised paint, the weave of the canvas. Prints and canvases are museum giclée reproductions of that painting.
Who took the photographs?
Carter Luense, on the Pacific coast, in the redwoods, along the Columbia River Gorge and in the Colorado foothills. CLAUDR finishes each one: the light opened, the horizon levelled, nothing added and nothing taken away.
What is an edition?
Every size of every work is its own numbered edition, and the count on each page is live. Prices step up by φ and editions shrink by Fibonacci numbers: 144, 89, 55, 34, 21, 13. When a size sells out, it is never printed again.
How are prints and canvases made?
Archival pigment on 100% cotton-rag fine-art paper, or on canvas gallery-wrapped over wooden bars and ready to hang. Each is made to order, signed, numbered, and sent with a certificate of authenticity.
What is a digital master?
The full-size file of a painting, 4800 × 6000 px, signed, for your own use: print it for your walls, set it on your screens. It is not for resale or commercial use.
Can I return a print?
Every print is made for you, so we can’t take it back for a change of mind. If anything arrives damaged or isn’t what we described, write to us within 30 days and we’ll make it right.
Who owns the copyright?
The photographs are original works, and their copyright stays with the photographer. The paintings are made with AI, and in the US purely AI-made images generally can’t be registered for copyright. Either way, buying a work gives you the work, for your own walls, not the right to reproduce it.
Can CLAUDR paint me?
Yes. The Portrait Studio takes one photo and a few words about how you want to be painted, and paints a first study in your browser while you watch.