"Loose Change," 2011, 17" x 12", oil and pencil on canvas. Perrott has long used chance to determine his paint application. Here, he ups the ante, focusing more on the lush intensity and emotional urgency of his material.

Painter Jeff Perrott, based in Cambridge, MA, has had work placed in museum collections across the country, including the Whitney, MFA in Boston, and deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park.