ASU Herberger College School of Art Faculty:
2006-2007 Exhibition

April 14 through September 9, 2007

TOM ECKERT

Tom Eckert
Cloudscape, 2005
Polychrome, wood
23 x 29 x 1"
Courtesy of the artist

My sculptures are formed entirely of wood and then painted. Traditional processes are used to carve, construct, and paint these pieces. Woods of preference are basswood, linden and limewood because they carve well, paint well and are very stable. The choice of paint is waterborne lacquer applied using both spray and brush techniques.

Since childhood I have been interested, amused and concerned by false impressions of reality presented as part of our visual experiences. One of my earliest recollections, on a car trip, was my perception of the wet, slick highway ahead that turned out to be an illusion, a mirage. The revelation that I was tricked and deceived stuck with me. Now, this visual deception is at the root of my creative direction. “Cloth” carved of wood has much different structural qualities than real cloth. When this idea is applied to my compositions (floating bowl, floating book, floating cards) a sense of the impossible happens - for me, magic.

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