Abstract Engineering, is a term which Tom McIntyre believes can be used to most accurately describe his practice. McIntyre aims to investigate abstraction and its multiple applications as a means of problem solving. His non-linear investigation also pertains to exploring the balance of visual refinement and symmetry, alongside the obscured and gesturally expressive. Reoccurring methods used in his practice, which he considers to operate as tools, consist of painting, printing, and more recently three-dimensional works and installations. Finding inspiration, narratively speaking, from external factors, as well as his internal thoughts, he uses his practice and the works generated within it, not only as a means of problem solving but additionally as a means of personal processing.