Francis Scorzelli's paintings most effectively eschew any reference to life experiences and the outside world in the Tradition of Abstract Modernist Art. His narrative unfolds in terms of pure paint. The paintings begin with the application of vigorous slashing impasto strokes, defining the underlying composition. The work then evolves through layer upon layer of different textures, forms and colors, building complexity. Fine lines define areas or tie together passages of color thus creating non-linear interrelations that read as constantly changing compositions. In the way that his paintings patiently extend the initial "slashing" emotional basis of the composition, his art has extended the concepts of the Abstract Expressionists. The predecessors provided a beginning of an idea that Scorzelli has spent decades perfecting. Occasionally disquieting, but still accessible, these images emanate from deep within the soul and play out in passionate drama.