diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c1e83809..ffda0bf3 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import laika.config.LinkConfig
 import laika.config.ApiLinks
 import laika.theme.Theme
 
-ThisBuild / tlBaseVersion := "0.21" // your current series x.y
+ThisBuild / tlBaseVersion := "0.22" // your current series x.y
 
 Global / onChangedBuildSource := ReloadOnSourceChanges
 
diff --git a/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/effect/BufferedImageConverter.scala b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/effect/BufferedImageConverter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09df1856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/effect/BufferedImageConverter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Creative Scala
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package doodle
+package effect
+
+import cats.effect.IO
+import doodle.algebra.Algebra
+import doodle.algebra.Picture
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage
+
+trait BufferedImageConverter[+Alg <: Algebra, Frame] {
+  def bufferedImage[A](
+      description: Frame,
+      picture: Picture[Alg, A]
+  ): IO[(A, BufferedImage)]
+}
diff --git a/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/syntax/BufferedImageConverterSyntax.scala b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/syntax/BufferedImageConverterSyntax.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..320c5dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/syntax/BufferedImageConverterSyntax.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Creative Scala
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package doodle
+package syntax
+
+import cats.effect.IO
+import cats.effect.unsafe.IORuntime
+import doodle.algebra.Algebra
+import doodle.algebra.Picture
+import doodle.effect.BufferedImageConverter
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage
+
+trait BufferedImageConverterSyntax {
+  implicit class BufferedImageConverterOps[Alg <: Algebra, A](
+      picture: Picture[Alg, A]
+  ) {
+    def bufferedImage[Frame](frame: Frame)(implicit
+        w: BufferedImageConverter[Alg, Frame],
+        r: IORuntime
+    ): (A, BufferedImage) =
+      w.bufferedImage(frame, picture).unsafeRunSync()
+
+    def bufferedImageToIO[Frame](frame: Frame)(implicit
+        w: BufferedImageConverter[Alg, Frame]
+    ): IO[(A, BufferedImage)] =
+      w.bufferedImage(frame, picture)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/syntax/package.scala b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/syntax/package.scala
index 3296ef17..55c88766 100644
--- a/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/syntax/package.scala
+++ b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/doodle/syntax/package.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package object syntax {
       with Base64Syntax
       with BitmapSyntax
       with BlendSyntax
+      with BufferedImageConverterSyntax
       with DebugSyntax
       with LayoutSyntax
       with NormalizedSyntax
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ package object syntax {
   object base64 extends Base64Syntax
   object bitmap extends BitmapSyntax
   object blend extends BlendSyntax
+  object bufferedImageConverter extends BufferedImageConverterSyntax
   object debug extends DebugSyntax
   object layout extends LayoutSyntax
   object normalized extends NormalizedSyntax
diff --git a/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/effect/Java2dWriter.scala b/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/effect/Java2dWriter.scala
index 376a89cb..f99f2101 100644
--- a/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/effect/Java2dWriter.scala
+++ b/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/effect/Java2dWriter.scala
@@ -207,3 +207,22 @@ object Java2dPdfWriter extends Java2dWriter[Pdf] {
       }
     } yield value
 }
+
+object Java2dBufferedImageWriter
+    extends BufferedImageConverter[doodle.java2d.Algebra, Frame] {
+  def makeImage(width: Int, height: Int): BufferedImage =
+    new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB)
+
+  def bufferedImage[A](
+      frame: Frame,
+      picture: Picture[A]
+  ): IO[(A, BufferedImage)] = for {
+    result <- Java2dWriter.renderBufferedImage(
+      frame.size,
+      frame.center,
+      frame.background,
+      picture
+    )(makeImage _)
+    (bi, a) = result
+  } yield (a, bi)
+}
diff --git a/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/package.scala b/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/package.scala
index f86dc988..92e50fe0 100644
--- a/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/package.scala
+++ b/java2d/src/main/scala/doodle/java2d/package.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import doodle.interact.effect.AnimationRenderer
 import doodle.interact.effect.AnimationWriter
 import doodle.java2d.algebra.reified.Reification
 import doodle.language.Basic
+import doodle.effect.BufferedImageConverter
 
 package object java2d extends Java2dToPicture {
   type Algebra =
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ package object java2d extends Java2dToPicture {
   implicit val java2dPdfWriter
       : Writer[Algebra, Frame, Pdf] with Base64[Algebra, Frame, Pdf] =
     doodle.java2d.effect.Java2dPdfWriter
+  implicit val java2dBufferedImageWriter
+      : BufferedImageConverter[doodle.java2d.Algebra, Frame] =
+    doodle.java2d.effect.Java2dBufferedImageWriter
 
   val Frame = doodle.java2d.effect.Frame