Thomas Woodruff, "The Four Temperament Variations"

For his latest show, Woodruff, whose baroque visionary paintings recall a mix of Arcimboldo, Ivan Albright and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, offers canvases whose themes are based on the four "humors": mysterious fluids labeled the Sanguinic, Choleric, Melancholic and Phlegmatic that were once believed to control the mind and body: