But the work did not convey a strong sense of voice.

As a music-video director, his best work conveyed a dense intimacy.

A great work of art conveys an impression, not of effort, but of force and resource.

A work of art conveys strength as well as beauty from its "individuality."

Today, the work conveys a poignant sense of vanished time.

Despite the stylistic restraint, his work does convey something mythic.

His poetry and work conveys a melancholy sense that all is transitory.

And this musical work eerily conveys that image in sound.

Or maybe it's the hope the work conveys that the world is infinitely compelling if we keep our eyes open.

To him, as to the others, the most meaningful "message" a work could convey was the glorious act of painting itself.