▁as ▁" sur real ist - ting ed " ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁article ▁on ▁artists ▁writing ▁criticism . ▁Hum ph rey ▁himself ▁has ▁referred ▁to ▁his ▁work ▁as ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁eth os ▁of ▁ne o - expression ism , ▁sur real ism , ▁cub ism , ▁and ▁the ▁met aph ys ical ▁tradition . ▁His ▁work ▁was ▁most ▁influenced ▁by , ▁and ▁has ▁contributed ▁to , ▁the ▁post mod ern ▁shift ▁in ▁painting ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s – 1 9 9 0 s , ▁which ▁fav ored ▁f ract ured ▁and ▁heter ogeneous ▁approaches ▁to ▁form ▁over ▁the ▁modern ist ▁preference ▁for ▁progress , ▁ref in ement , ▁and ▁unity ▁of ▁medium ▁and ▁style . ▁His ▁work ▁incorpor ates ▁both ▁abstract ▁and ▁figur ative ▁elements , ▁often ▁bl urr ing ▁them ▁together , ▁and ▁draw s ▁from ▁cart o ons , ▁amateur ▁paint ings ▁by ▁D w ight ▁D . ▁Eisen h ower , ▁old ▁family ▁photograph s , ▁and ▁other ▁un con vent ional ▁sources ▁to ▁create ▁sty list ically ▁heter ogeneous ▁images . ▁ ▁Writing ▁David ▁Hum ph rey ▁began ▁writing ▁criticism ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁with ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁an ▁exhibition ▁ ▁by ▁Jac qu eline ▁Hum ph ries ▁in ▁L us it ania . ▁Several ▁years ▁later ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁where ▁he ▁wrote ▁for ▁the ▁arts ▁magazine ▁Art ▁issues ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁when ▁the ▁magazine ▁ended . ▁▁ ▁Regarding ▁his ▁column