Second Draft, (the secret sharer)

The motifs are a bit like moiré patterns without the lines, and make the eyes tingle, as if Mr. Elrod wanted people to experience sight in its most basic, physical terms. Some might say they parody what Clement Greenberg called the visual “presence” of great paintings; presence here is almost automatic, an unavoidable fact — thrilling in the way roller coaster rides are.
—R. Smith, "Jeff Elrod: 'Nobody Sees Like Us'", The New York Times, 8 March 2013, p. C27