*flower ship*, Cardboard, wood on wood, 6 x 1 3/4 x 7/8”, 2019

W. Tucker

March 5 – April 9, 2022

a cloud floats in / a ship passes by

When I work, I don’t start with an idea or a plan. I pick my materials to work on, make a mark or paint a figure and continue until I feel the piece is done. It’s then that I can see aspects of my life coming forward – the character falling down, a rabbit with a boxing glove, a coffee cup symbolizing emotional states, situations, or conflicts. Things I think we all experience in our day-to-day lives.

This show, entitled “a cloud floats in / a ship passes by” continues a through-line in my work – a conscious effort to pay attention to how I go through life, how I see the world around me, and what is happening in that world. This show represents this effort to see.

a cloud floats in / a ship passes by, runs March 5 through April 9, 2022. Member's preview, by appointment only, March 5, 6, 12 – 6pm.

About the artist

W. Tucker was born in July of 1959 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He began drawing and painting in 1986.

Tucker’s work has been represented in the US by galleries in California, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. His work has also been shown in various galleries in Switzerland. He continues to work with Koelsch Gallery in Houston, TX, Conduit Gallery in Dallas, TX, and Tayloe Piggott Gallery in Jackson Hole, W. Tucker’s work has been published in volumes number 67, 102, 144 (online) of New American Painting’s, a juried show in print. Residencies have included a stay in 1991 at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in Temecula, California, and at the Fountainhead Residency in Miami in 2008. For the 2012-13 season, Tucker was awarded Austin Critics Table Award for “Best Installation” as well as “Artist of the year” for his installation at Texas State University. He attended Circle in the Square through New York University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama in1982.

Tucker lives and works in Austin, Texas.

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