Tom Doyle works primarily in wood - his favorite material comes from wild cherry trees the artist cuts himself. He also casts small numbers of small-scale works in bronze directly from wood. In addition, he creates several site specific works which are concerned with the relationship between scale, the movements of the human body, and gravity. One could describe his objects as tautly muscular, which is not to say that they represent the human form. Rather, they evoke the intentions and energies of the leaning, striding, stretching body.

All his sculptures are gestural, reminiscent of Franz Kline, whose expressive slabs of paint influenced so many painters and sculptors of Doyleâs generation. Doyle's works give evidence of their maker's mastery of gesture, of balance, and of linear-spatial relationships.

His delicate wood pieces seem to be the first stages in a new artistic vision of the Cross. In a statement, the artist writes that he has been "haunted" by Grünewaldâs Isenheim altarpiece and by the "solitary high Celtic crosses of Ireland."

Kouros Gallery published a 24 page, four color catalogue, with an essay by Carter Ratcliff on the occasion of his Spring 1999 exhibition.