The artist aimed to make direct paintings with an urban landscape that differed from highbrow minimalism, eliciting emotional reactions. This approach is exemplified in The Black Paintings, which contributed to the minimalism movement by emphasizing the art as an object with its geometric lines and simplicity.
Based on the artist's statement and the analysis of their work, it's clear that the effect this artist was trying to achieve through the arrangement and composition of their paintings was to create a very urban landscape that communicated a specific idea, differentiated from the minimalist trend of the time. The artist's intention was to make direct paintings that elicited emotional responses from the audience, contrasted with the more highbrow and alienating minimalistic art that was prevalent. For instance, in The Black Paintings, flat matte black paint was applied in bands with ordinary house painters' brushes, which left unpainted, fuzzy thin U-shaped pinstripes. The geometric lines and simplicity of these paintings played a role in the emergence of minimalism and encouraged viewers to interact with the artwork differently, focusing more on the art as an object rather than as a representation of a scene.