Jonanthan Goodman reviews the exhibition Fran O'Neill: Recent work at The New York Studio School, on view through October 13, 2012.

Goodman writes: "Fran O’Neill’s fine show… demonstrates how the practice of gestural abstraction can remain very much alive in the hands of someone willing to explore and experiment. While Louise Fishman’s accomplished, historically aware exhibition at Cheim & Read shows us a mature artist committed to the lexicon of the New York School, in O’Neill’s paintings we see the pursuit of an originality that really pushes forward the vocabulary of abstract art. Her backwards glance toward the legacy of mid-20th century painting is transformed into a forward leap into the unknown."