Paintings show the intricate artistry of computer chips

This painting appears in Angela Gilmour's "Boolean Logic" series, which went on display in Cork, Ireland, last fall. Long before the smartwatch or Google search, there was George Boole. Born in 1815 in the U.K., the mathematician invented a system of logic distilling complicated actions into simpler values -- "true" or "false," "on" or "off" -- thereby inventing the foundations of the digital age. This system, dubbed "Boolean logic" after the mathematician, was used in the development of the first electrical circuits, the parent technology to computers. Artist Angela Gilmour, who is based in Ireland, saw these principles up close while working as a process and product development engineer in the computer manufacturing industry.