Paul Behnke photo blogs a studio visit with painter Richard Timperio whose work is on view at Andre Zarre Gallery, New York through May 9, 2015.

Behnke notes: "Timperio's bold color and interlocking forms lay the groundwork for the paintings' formal concerns and create a backdrop for primed canvas outlines, imperfections in the surface, and scumbled whites. These elements work together with the newly found solidity of some forms to illicit a certain transcendent excitement."