Strand worked with California Computer Products Inc. (CalComp) in the late 1960s, a company that, among other equipment, produced plotters. Strand won the first prize of the 6th Annual Computer Art Contest (1968) with the drawing Hummingbird. All of Strand’s works, including representational works such as “The Fisherman” or The Snail of 1968, were exhibited under the name of the CalComp artist group.