A painter of abstract subjects in irregular monochromatic shapes, Jeff Elrod, born in Texas and living in New York, does artwork based on his skills with the computer, which he uses for his preliminary drawing and planning. He uses "a mouse as his pencil to produce scores of rapidly drafted variations on improvised themes." (Odom) Then, from this type of accumulation, he selects one or two designs to enlarge into acrylic on canvas paintings.

Sometimes for exhibition purposes, he brings empty canvases on which he projects computer images of future paintings---a combination that links the digital age to "Surrealism's automatic writing and Abstract Expressionism's spontaneous gesture in the imperturbably ...