When he started out, Gilmore used to draw exclusively in pencil, but found the ability to erase paralyzing; "I could draw a hand and it would take me three days," he explains. "Then one day I started drawing with pen, and all of a sudden I could just draw endlessly."

Curiously, when moving from traditional techniques to computer software to create art, Gilmore found the opposite to be true. "'Undo' is what gives me the freedom to just explore any idea that comes in my mind... I'll just follow any impulse or any idea because I can explore very freely."

While most of us will enjoy architecture or nature at face value, Gilmore's mind is always working. "I'll find things, and I'm always looking for them, I'm always looking for things like new approaches or new directions, just anything that will spark a new idea."

"When I see patterns in nature like petals or leaves or flowers I always count them, and I'm very aware of those relationships and the numbers that exist in nature. I think about that a lot and I do bring those numbers into my work."

"I don't generally just sit down with something in my mind, but as I'm working it all just kind of unravels... I feel like so much of what I do is just doing it, and talking about it is such a completely different game... I just work."