Eccher's art is about exploring and fusing together the minutiae of a particular subject into a painting and then sprinkling in randomness that may or may not ever settle into complete understanding.
While the subject matter takes a more intellectualized slant, the minutiae may include everything from simple to complex, humorous to serious, uncultivated to scholarly, or flippant to socially charged. Or, it may be as simple as a bunch of small abstract paintings he melds together to create a new type of painting he calls Tiered Painting.
To create his pieces, he uses 50 years of experience with lettering, painting, graphic design, photography, writing, illustration, sketching, and material manipulation to brush, spray, scratch, scribble, erase, rub, write, cut, draw, drip, print, edit, stamp, stencil, smear, gel, layer, destroy, deface, rip, and/or rebuild. Such creation may involve marrying text and imagery into a graffiti painting or melding colors, textures and techniques with varying opacities to create a Tiered Painting.
He perpetually struggles with each painting to ensure it will have a long shelf life of curiosity. He knows he has reached this point when it continues to stimulate critical thinking and/or arouse at least a little sensation of unknowing in his.
Eccher's paintings and/or prints can be found at the following galleries:
• RA Modern - Crested Butte, CO
• Art Source International - Boulder, CO
• Old Town Art & Framery - Fort Collins, CO