W.
Tucker
asking nature
2020, Ink on paper, 5.25 x 8.125 in
W.
Tucker
two figures (if you don't stand for something)
2020, Ink on paper, 5.5 x 7.875 in
W.
Tucker
snake
2019, Charcoal, resin stick, graphite on book cover, 6 x 7.875 in
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Tucker
lady elephant, she help him with happy
2018, Oil, texture paste, graphite, acrylic paint on wood, 21 x 21.5 in
W.
Tucker
my Mother said, your actions are your only truth
2018, Ink, resin stick, and staples on wood, 48.75 x 61.5 in
W.
Tucker
in the field, with the sun
2020, Charcoal, resin stick, plaster, cloth, acrylic paint on book cover, 7.25 x 8.75 in
Coffee Chat: W. Tucker
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 Los Angeles, Texas, Seattle and Wyoming. He continues to work with Koelsch Gallery in Houston, TX, Conduit Gallery in Dallas, TX and Tayloe Piggott Gallery in Wyoming. He has had exhibitions in various locations in Switzerland: Galerie Keller in Zurich, Br Galerie in Bern, and Galerie Sprungbratt in Niederglatt.
Tucker’s work has been published in volume number 67, 102 (and upcoming 144) 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 in 1982.
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 Los Angeles, Texas, Seattle and Wyoming. He continues to work with Koelsch Gallery in Houston, TX, Conduit Gallery in Dallas, TX and Tayloe Piggott Gallery in Wyoming. He has had exhibitions in various locations in Switzerland: Galerie Keller in Zurich, Br Galerie in Bern, and Galerie Sprungbratt in Niederglatt. Tucker's work has been published in volume number 67, 102, and 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.
Artist Statement
My work begins unplanned. Line drawings, scribbles and painted strokes are made with various mediums including oil, lumber stick, resin stick, charcoal, graphite and ink. I work mostly on old materials - book covers, repurposed paper, table tops, wood blocks. My installations have expanded to wall drawings, books, tiny ships and houses and standing boxes.
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 fixed intention and control.
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, I see glimpses of stories, moments, dilemmas that may represent how we approach or walk through life.
The Austin Studio Tour is a program of Big Medium.
