Study after Laocoon 3, El Greco painting and Greek sculptureThis work is part of the series Abstract Studies after Old Masters. (Note: the original El Greco Laocoon is in the U. S. National Gallery of Art in D. C). Dana Gordon is an American abstract painter whose exuberant work has for decades directly explored the potential of mark making and line to create meaning imbued color, shape, and space. In recent years, he increasingly pushed his line into the expressive possibility of liquid calligraphy.