Squiggleism - An impressionistic dash with a twist.  Each stroke represents part of the Divine's essence.  The strokes are applied with unblended strokes side by side or layered to produce the desired color affect as the viewer observes the painting from several feet.  A squiggle to squiggleism is like a point in Pointilism.  The term given as Squigglism was modeled off Seurat's Pointilism, Van Gogh's dashes, and Duncan's doodling. During this time Duncan was taking Romantic literature and with the poetry of William Blake and Wordsworth, spirituality began to enter into Duncan's works.

In the summer of 1990 in a Mrs. Howell's art class at Fayetteville State University,  Mrs. Howell observed Duncan doodling on a piece of paper during her lecture.  She looked at the swirls of dashes and long lines and told the class that "this was art," and it was at that moment that these doodles were called an art form.  From that moment, Duncan began using more movement or flow in his paintings and sculptures in clay.

It was in 2001 almost 11 years later, when Duncan decided to pursue art full time.  It was at Cape Fear Studios in Fayetteville, after a critiquing, it was pointed out that his strength was in movement. He began to work Squigglism into a more defined and integrated style into his landscapes. While searching for an artist that had this kind of moment, Duncan discovered a similar style used in "Starry Night."  The dashes in "Starry Night" were short but formed a long stream which was similar to a long undulating line Duncan was doing as part of his squiggles.  It was with the "Glory Tree" that squiggleism was successfully created with spiritual meaning.  The tree represented a person.  Each squiggle represented a particle of the Divine that is in everything that exists.  The branches and leaves were of squiggles as were the long wavy lines emitted from the Sun that represented the source of the Divine. 

It was 1990 that "Squiggleism" was conceived as an art style and around 11 years later used in a painting with both its squiggles and religious meaning.  The painting was purchased by Cumberland County Mental Health and hung in the office of Dr.   XXXX. 

Duncan sold a painting several couple of months. However, in August 2005, Duncan did his first solo exhibit at Ole Town Gallery on the fourth Friday of July.  The show was called "The Divine Essence of Squiggleism."  Seventeen paintings were sold in two hours.  It was this exhibit that the work reflected the religious symbolism. The following month Duncan sold a dozen paintings in Charlotte. Then, the following week he sold another dozen and realized  that perhaps he had struck this universal connection with people.

From August 2005 to August 2006, Duncan sold 321 original paintings.