This style is recognizable for its scraped, reworked surface, fractured linear energy, and gritty abstracted structure that feels both urban and bodily. It converts de Kooning’s later excavated painterliness into watercolor through stained layers, rubbed-out passages, and a dense mesh of marks that pulse between construction and erosion.

Rich mezzotint engraving with velvety blacks and soft tonal transitions, achieved through granular textures and gradual light emergence.