For LaGro the first strokes or washes of paint contain the key to what will follow: A genesis of un-sketched detail emerges from the color to inform the direction of a painting. From here the seed of a concept grows until elements of the artist's experience and technique are called upon to bring a canvas to fruition. LaGro prefers washes and fast, expressionistic strokes, occasionally working sand or mica into the paint, often impressing patterns into wet paint with lace or linen, or "drawing" on the canvas with one of his myriad tools.

Another showcase for LaGro's insight and craftsmanship are the monotypes he produces – images painted onto a plate of glass and transferred with great skill onto a single sheet of paper. Remarkably detailed, they are produced while working fast and completely intuitively.