He can be specific, as with the depiction of a boxing ring in "The One Venue," and he can be suggestive, as in "Thinker's Cathedral," where a wash of paint overlays like a veil the hints of a musical mind at work -- notes, piano keys, organ pipes. The use of such painted veils, behind which one glimpses a scene, is not only a technical feat but adds a sense of mystery. The imagery itself, however, which may refer to sports or animals (a panda, an elephant) at times leaves one wondering whether the mystery isn't somewhat artificial, an effort to give straightforward subject matter an extra layer of meaning and importance.