Object Feature
About These Works
1. Bill Abright, Sailor, 2011, ceramic with underglazes and acrylic paint, 12 x 18 x 8". Photo by Bill Abright
I merge the morphology of nature into my figurative work to communicate parallels with man's existence, and I insert contradictions among animal species to emphasize the link between their fate and ours...B.A.
Bill Abright explores the complexities of the human condition through clay figures and large-format surrealistic graphite or charcoal drawings and watercolors. As a native of Central California, he has been working in the Bay Area arts community for neraly forty years as a practicing artist and teacher at College of Marin in Kentfield. In ceramics, he explores figuration, developing an abstracted style, coupled with periodic and extended development of the vessel, especially raku. Structural layering, use of voids, severed or sliced pottery to build figuration, and surface detail through coloration define his approach used to depict threatened nature. www.billabright.com
Read more about Bill Abright here
I merge the morphology of nature into my figurative work to communicate parallels with man's existence, and I insert contradictions among animal species to emphasize the link between their fate and ours...B.A.
Bill Abright explores the complexities of the human condition through clay figures and large-format surrealistic graphite or charcoal drawings and watercolors. As a native of Central California, he has been working in the Bay Area arts community for neraly forty years as a practicing artist and teacher at College of Marin in Kentfield. In ceramics, he explores figuration, developing an abstracted style, coupled with periodic and extended development of the vessel, especially raku. Structural layering, use of voids, severed or sliced pottery to build figuration, and surface detail through coloration define his approach used to depict threatened nature. www.billabright.com
Read more about Bill Abright here
2. Gary Molitor, Camardoune Cup #6, 1984, cast porcelain with underglaze colors and clear overglaze, 5 x 5"
I love porcelain. It's white - pure - hard and filled with the mysteries of the far east. Traditional pottery is like meditation; so soothing and peaceful. But for me my life has never been about peace. Where I could, whether or not I wanted to, I created tension, contrast and pushed the limits. This cup was the first exploration of new ideas from the past...G.M.
Gary Molitor creates sculptures based on a personal mythology. His imaginary world is filled with colorful and delicated porcelain pieces, representing his journey to discover universal truth through the act of creating. His works are inspired by biological, microscopic, skeletal and horticultrual elements informed by the experience of making prosthetic limbs. www.garymolitor.com
I love porcelain. It's white - pure - hard and filled with the mysteries of the far east. Traditional pottery is like meditation; so soothing and peaceful. But for me my life has never been about peace. Where I could, whether or not I wanted to, I created tension, contrast and pushed the limits. This cup was the first exploration of new ideas from the past...G.M.
Gary Molitor creates sculptures based on a personal mythology. His imaginary world is filled with colorful and delicated porcelain pieces, representing his journey to discover universal truth through the act of creating. His works are inspired by biological, microscopic, skeletal and horticultrual elements informed by the experience of making prosthetic limbs. www.garymolitor.com