during the next few years, he traveled and worked in europe, spending much of his time in greece. wood made his first painting commission for lord byron's chambers in the albany in london in 1972 and exhibited his prints at redfern gallery, london. returning to new york, wood earned his m.a. with concentrations in painting and filmmaking in 1975 at hunter college. while studying he worked as a studio assistant to the painters adolph gottlieb and ralph humphrey. at hunter he met hollis frampton and began working in film. he also met michael snow and crewed on snow's film "rameau's nephew" (based on denis diderot's 1762 text "le neveu de rameau"]. wood made his first films "clearview" and "fixt" in 1974-1975. "clearview" was first screened at film forum in new york in 1975.