Suggestive of Precisionism, the work is characterized by the reduction of compositions to simple shapes and underlying geometrical structures, with clear outlines, minimal detail, unexpected viewpoints and framing, and an emphasis on the abstract form of the subject. In the style of American Precisionists, the subjects are from the American landscape, regional American culture, and long-familiar American scenes, such as agricultural structures and domestic architecture. Even conventional motifs are treated in this style. "Artist friends would say to me, snickering a little, 'What can a camera do in making art. It is just a camera'. Then one of them asks for help in making an image with a camera (a backlit telephone pole with just the foot pegs lit). We made it, he showed it at Otis (College of Art and Design) and people said 'Wow, that's cool'."
