By: Charles Eckart

Medium: hardground and softground etching
Image Size: 15.25 x 11.75 inches
Edition Size: 3
Year: 1977

In Soft Ground Doodle (1977), Charles Eckart turns the etching process into a spontaneous act of drawing. Using both hardground and softground techniques, he creates an energetic field of blue linear forms that appear to float freely across the surface. The work reflects Eckart’s fascination with gesture and improvisation — a visual map of motion, thought, and intuition. Despite the apparent freedom of the marks, there is a subtle rhythm and balance that reveals the artist’s deep understanding of structure within abstraction.