Tom Loback

I am an artist living in NYC. June and July of 2007 have been very gratifying as my work along the Hudson River has brought me a lot of recognition. Initially on June 7, 2007, Monica Morales of NBC TV News in New York ran a story with some film of some of my pieces wondering who did them because they wanted to do a story on the artist.

I contacted them but before we could film the followup story the a New York Times photographer, Joyce Dopkeen, spotted me doing a piece, she took pictures and a reporter, James Barron, did an interview which ran in the NY Times on June 21, 2007.

'Joggers Know His Sculptures; Meet the Artist Behind Them'

By JAMES BARRON

Published: June 21, 2007

"The artist who has been intriguing bikers and joggers with driftwood sculptures along the Hudson River in Manhattan has been identified as Tom Loback."

select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F00D16FF...

And Joyce's photo:

www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/06/21/nyregion/21artist_C...

Monica Morales then did the NBC TV followup interview which ran on July 6, 2007 11pm news.

A couple years back in July 2005 a NY Times reporter, Anemona Hartocollis, did a whodunnit story on the Driftwood sculpture. She and I eventually met but no followup was done.

The NY Times:

'Driftwood as Art, by an Unseen Hand'

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

Published: July 28, 2005

"AMONG the many mysteries of the universe -- Stonehenge, black holes, alien corn mazes -- the driftwood sculptures along the Hudson River in Manhattan have to qualify among the most intriguing"

select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F50917FD...

The Hallmark Channel cable show New Morning ran an interview with me on Wed., Nov. 14, 2007 7AM. It also appeared that day on their website at:

www.newmorningtv.tv/todaysshow_111407.jsp

and thereafter archived under that date, however this link appears to be dead now.

These are some links to other things I have done:

Illustration:

www.elvish.org/gwaith/tom_loback.htm

www.tolkienbooks.net/html/1981-present_51.htm

vampirefreaks.com/u/Rembrandt

a couple pics below Jim Morrison.

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Sculpture, Miniatures: