Eva Hild Art

"My process begins with a thought, a vision, a look, a trigger that draws me to the clay. Gone are the days of exhaustive preliminary sketches and maquettes, I simply visualize how I...

Yellow, blue and white round abstract ceramic sculpture titled "Gemini Headspace" by Lauren Skelly Bailey. Glazed porcelain with cobalt. Size: 7 x...

Multicolored abstract ceramic sculpture titled "Flow Through" by Lauren Skelly Bailey. Glazed porcelain with gilded gold. Size: 8 x 6 x 5.5 inches...

Chilean artist Pilar Ovalle's sculpture "Barca Pez," or "Fish Boat," is crafted with driftwood collected from lake shores in Chile combined with dimensional Alerce, a native Chilean wood. It can be suspended as shown or a custom bracket (not included) can be designed based on the site to make it into an exciting wall sculpture. In Ovalle’s imagination, boats embody animal forms, reinforcing the imaginative versus physical nature of the boat as a representation of travel. Ovalle says of her work, "As I work directly with Nature, combining wood already ‘worked’ by wind, water and time, with ‘elaborated’ - sawn - wood, I do this with a critical scope, dealing with ecology and progress, with emotion and poetry somehow set against rationality and technology, or setting ‘wisdom’ against mere information." This sculpture is suspended from two wires, but could also be wall hung with a custom bracket (not included). We would be happy to assist with the design of this custom bracket. Ovalle traveled to Southern Chile to study with boat builders and learn the traditional skills of the trade, which is evident in the graceful curve of the hulls she has built with traditional joinery and wood "stitches" and without the use of nails. Born in Santiago, Chile, Pilar Ovalle began her studies in 1989 at the Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago. She studied with the Instituto through the early '90s, during which time she also won Third Prize at the XV Concurso de Arte Joven (Young Art Contest) and received grants from Fondart (National Fund for the Arts) for her projects “Sculpture with Shattered Wood” and “Curved Wood Sculpture...

Originally from the Northwest with a B.A. from Stanford University, I have painted, published illuminated books, and lived and traveled extensively in Asia. Now working primarily in ceramics, I draw images from the deep well of past experience, always starting from a strong “mind’s eye” vision. My ceramic pieces are as much about their inside as they are about their sculpted outside. Implied are the dichotomies between the inner and outer, between that which is hidden and that which is seen, between the esoteric and the exoteric, between the soul and the body. I continue to create “Metaphysical Pots” that feature water both inside and outside, becoming metaphorically both the Water of Life and the Infinite Ocean, symbolizing the continuous process between creation and transcendence. Other pieces include shapes that repeat in a pattern that follows the form of the vessel. It is a “bio-geometry” that leads the eye back to the inside...

I grew up in the high mountain desert of Northern New Mexico the son of an artist and an Inventor/engineer. My childhood was filled with amazement and curiosity which I have worked h...

I grew up in the high mountain desert of Northern New Mexico the son of an artist and an Inventor/engineer. My childhood was filled with amazement and curiosity which I have worked h...

Cefiro is derived from the Spanish word for Zephyr, meaning a soft gentle wind which brings spring to the Mediterranean. The word also depicts beauty and playfulness. This figure p...

"Sisyphean Circle (diagonally down)" by John Van Alstine Slate, pigmented and sealed steel The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone...

Cast bronze sculpture with classic green patina on black marble base. Edition of 3 at this size. Other sizes and patina finishes are also available by commission, please inquire for more details. Pisapia's "Expedition Series," inspired by sea voyages, is about meeting life’s challenges with courage and purpose. It connects to the idea expressed by J.W. Goethe: “Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.” Taking up life’s tasks can require one to go against the wind. The feeling of determination to achieve and continue steering through obstacles is poured into the pure forms; a dynamic balancing of the straight and curve on different axes. "With a rounded starting point," Pisapia explains, "I add on a variety of disparate angles, diverse curves, and twisting planes. I carve and smooth the surfaces, bringing out particular tensions and transitions." Flavius Valone Pisapia is an Italian-Romanian artist born in Bucharest in 1981. He completed his higher education in the UK, with an MA in Transpersonal Arts & Therapy, 2014; a Diploma in Transformative Arts, 2011; and a BA (Hons) in Film and Video, 2005. Pisapia studied sculpture throughout his higher education and appreciated several sculptor mentors in the UK. Since 2016, he has resided in India, where he is currently an artist in residence at Studio Sukriti in Jaipur. He has had several solo exhibitions in India and his artwork is found in private collections worldwide. "It's important for me to experience the world at a deeper level by penetrating the veil of the senses. Through an immersive process the essence, beauty and the pure form of an idea are gradually revealed to me. The emerging awareness flows into my artwork imbuing it with a higher reality. To achieve this awareness in my creative process, I go through three stages: imagination, inspiration and intuition." - Flavius Pisapia

Jerilyn Virden Selected Exhibitions 2012 SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY 2011 SOFA Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2009 Simply Formal, Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology, Tempe, AZ. Abstraction, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM. Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC. Penland: Great Artists, Great Teachers, Habatat Gallery, Tysons Corner, VA. 2009 Yunomi invitational, Akar, Iowa City, IA. 2008 Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC. 38th Annual Ceramics Show, Crossman Gallery, U of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. SOFA New York, SOFA Chicago, and Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery. Red, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM. New, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC. Fellowship Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC. 2007 SOFA New York, Chicago, and Palm Beach 3, Ann Nathan Gallery Core Sample, James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME. By Six, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NC. Cup of Tea, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC. 90 Teapots (More or Less), Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Perspectives on Containment, TRAC Gallery, Burnsville, NC. Coming Up Down South, Blue Spiral 1...

Sara Fine-Wilson's "Emerge" is a small abstract mixed media ceramic and plaster sculpture measuring 8 x 8 x 6 inches. Multiple ceramic elements were previously hand formed and extrud...