W. Tucker
Artist Statement
The work begins unplanned. Line drawings, markings, painted strokes and scribbles are made with numerous mediums including oil, lumber stick, resin stick, charcoal, graphite and ink. I work on either simple wood panels or choose from a collection of found materials – old tabletops, cabinet doors, wood blocks wrapped in canvas, and old book covers.
The drawings/markings are created with my non-dominant hand. The use of my left hand allows me to draw in an unpracticed manner, with less control and intention, and without forethought.
More recently the work has expanded from 2 dimensional work to installations that include wall drawings, books, and standing boxes. The wall drawings are transient, painted over when the installation is dismantled, having a beginning and an end. Books are either created or have been adapted from existing books – images are either added to the pages, or pages are removed and new pages are stitched in. The boxes are an exploration of the work in 3 dimensions, of interior and exterior – a comment on what we present to the world and what we may choose to hide.
Over time I have realized that in the finished work I see aspects of our human condition – vulnerability, frailty, kindness, anger, frustration, humor, curiosity, and relationship. As well as glimpses of stories, moments, dilemmas that may represent how we approach or walk through life.
W. Tucker
ACTION: I am (the one) always excited by life

battle of the selves/ could he win

bird flies (through good thing or bad thing)

baby elephant #37298

mink (ain't got nothin' to do with nothin')

my Mother said, your actions are your only truth

once upon a time

W. Tucker
resin stick, china marker on see saw (plastic, metal, bolts, paint)
18 5/8" x 52" x 13"
$3,200
round and round

she drove into the blue & the birds followed

School of How Not to School Oneself

angry + angry = angry happy + happy = happy

some day the light will overwhelm the darkness

the sky was all there was

they were right with the sun

two heads better (gloves off)

where we are at this moment
