Ohnigian's collages are intimate, personal communications. Contemplative and mystical, theirs is a simplicity of sophistication. His repertoire of materials, consisting of bits of postage stamps, pieces of paper brown with age, parts of 19^th century book illustrations and miniscule numbers, are worked into a variety of subtle effects: differences in tone, edge, and surface result in a richly textured and beautifully composed whole. His palette is composed primarily of shades of beige and pale blues, punctuated with the darker-hued crispness of a diminutive image.

Evoking a variety of moods and associations, at times he pieces his elements together almost architecturally: vertical strips and central rectangles may suggest a door or perhaps a corridor. In many of the works, a tiny head, cut from the pages of a book, is placed off-center, peering into distance. By looking at Ohnigian's pieces one has to think of the subtle collage work of the great American artist Joseph Cornell.