It is important for understanding his work to know the two basic parameters— form and content— which inform his pursuit of a new structure. Formally, the paintings are amalgams of the polar opposites with which large stylistic swings in the history of art have been described: intellect and emotion, order and randomness, control and accident, structure and chaos, straight line and amorphous color, gloss and matte, literal flatness and illusionistic depth, figure and ground and so forth. It is through a synthesis of art history's past that Sorenson finds his unique place in that history.

With regard to content, Sorenson involves himself with painting because of its potential for spiritual metaphor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Untitled, 1971 acrylic on canvas, 96" x 96"	Untitled, 1971 acrylic on canvas, 96" x 66"
Untitled, 1971 acrylic on canvas	Untitled, 1971 acrylic on canvas, 36" x 66"
Graduate Show, 1972 California State University, Northridge	Graduate Show, 1972 California State University, Northridge
detail of Untitled painting Graduate Show, 1972 California State University, Northridge	Graduate Show, 1972 California State University, Northridge
Stella Series, 1970 acrlic on canvas, 72" x 96"	Stella Series, 1970 acrlic on canvas, 72" x 96"
Floating Bars 1, 1972 acrlic on canvas, 66" x 96"	Floating Bars 2, 1972 acrlic on canvas, 66" x 96"
Negation 1, 1973 acrlic on paper, 60" x 84"	Negation 2, 1973 acrlic on paper, 60" x 84"
Negated Polygon #1, 1973 acrlic on paper, 84" x 108"