Bob Card
Bob Card has been working with wood for over 50 years, learning the art as a young boy in his family’s basement shop. Many years later he left a successful corporate position at mid-career to devote himself full time to this lifelong passion. For over 15 years, Bob has created wood-based sculpture and furniture in his central Houston studio.
Bob’s sculptures frequently include cracks, voids, decay and other features caused by stresses on the tree that often are considered defects in wood. By highlighting and finding beauty in them he explores how stress and trauma in the natural world can create beauty and character, much as people also can build character in response to stresses faced in a challenging world.
In 2022 Bob and his wife Cynthia opened Decatur Street Studio which provides professional quality gallery space where emerging artists can produce their own shows. He is a board member of Fresh Arts, a 501c3 Houston-based arts services and development organization.
