In spite of the bedroom's exuberant imagery, featuring abstracted figures, flying birds and writhing snakes, the artist has created a calming, dreamlike atmosphere. His fluid brushwork in nearly monochrome blue is highlighted by staccato flourishes and carefully calibrated graffito scrawls. The varied technique is balanced by the unity of the semi-abstract forms, all rendered with the convulsive excitement that recalls Surrealist paintings by Ernst and Masson. In his work, Stoetzel has found an imaginative use for a Surrealist idiom from the '20s and '30s, with which he invigorates a decidedly post-modern genre.