Nancy Payne
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Artist’s Contact Information:
269-668-2995
Exhibitions, Galleries and Shows:
Showing at Midtown Gallery-Kalamazoo, Michigan
Artist’s statement:
My source of inspiration is all around me; the intrinsic beauty of nature influences my vibrant palette. My Kalamazoo studio offers a view of season mood, beautiful in all the forms, from tender clouds blanketing winter snowdrifts to cerulean blue skies over the summer verdure.
I rely on the interaction of glazes, stains, clay body, texture and contour to create expression. Clay imparts its own unique characteristics; for example, hand building with slabs offers the opportunity to stretch and distort surfaces. Pushing and poking the wall of a wheel thrown pot can enliven a piece. Patterning is introduced through rutile slips and glazes which produce dark lines sketching a subject. Solid bands of color are often the result of masking off areas of design. I use a very painterly approach to glazing-airbrushing the final layers of vibrant color, one thin coat at a time.
The forms are firm and assertive; the clay appears leisurely shaped by my hands-with surfaces sometimes fluted, faceted, paddled or pushed. Glazes are rich and varied whether they are fairly solid or swing loosely via the brush or trailed slip. Color is always paramount.
My personal style has definitely been influenced by the Asian aesthetic-the simplicity, shape, color and form. The materials I use are high temperature oxidation glazes on porcelain and white stoneware.
