Witness the coexistence of rough planes that incorporate sand and suavely brushed passages, or of raucous invocations of leaves and fruit, and illusionistic wood grain and marble (an echo of his early training as a master decorator, as well as of Cubist collage).
By his own account, he is trying to strike a more positive profile this go-round, obviously seeking to sand away some of the rough edges left over from his time in the national spotlight in the 1990s.