Returning to New York, Wood began attending graduate school at Hunter College, where he studied painting from 1972 to 1975, worked as a studio assistant to the painters Adolph Gottlieb and Ralph Humphrey while studying, and received an M.A. in Studio Art from Hunter College.
Wood was returning to New York. Wood began attending graduate school at Hunter College. Wood worked as a studio assistant to the painters Adolph Gottlieb and Ralph Humphrey while. Wood was studying. Wood received an M.A. in Studio Art from Hunter College. He studied painting from 1972 to 1975.