Drew Kohler’s process is slow and intuitive. Some of his work is the result of just a few months of meditative attention, yet he has been revisiting and reworking others for years. Kohler applies layers of oil paint, sanding away portions here and there, and paints over them again, gradually building up a palimpsest of beguiling forms and figures. Like the painter Milton Resnick, whom he counts as a profound influence, Kohler is preoccupied with the material possibilities of oil paint and its potential for imbuing a work with an almost mystical physicality—yet with a kaleidoscopic joy alien to Resnick.