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“My Abstract Constructions, or Tableaux Reliefs, break the
create textured and dimensional work that I intricately
planIe of two-dimensional art.
hand cut and assemblefrom wood, aluminum, and copper then finishing with colored gesso and modeling paste to bring the surface of the work into conversation with its maze-like depth. Recently I decided to incorporate trompe l’oeil painting in some of my works to fool the viewer as to what is real and what is painted. Visual mystery is also created by hiding sec- tions of the work behind textured geometric pieces or paint- edfabric resulting in a lively interplay between perception and deception. Thisvisual complexity runs throughout my work, and I rarely sketch before starting a new piece, but I trust my intuition, life experiences, and the materials at hand to create works of spacial balance and harmony.”
chuck fischeR