Tag Archives: ceramics

Pots for Art’s Sake: A Look at Judd Jarvis’s Work by Russell Hart


 

Ceramic artist Judd Jarvis finds a thoughtful middle ground between form and function.  It’s tempting to suggest that Virginia’s famous red clay soil lured potter Judd Jarvis from the Midwest’s dark earth to Charlottesville. Jarvis’s ceramic artistry is far removed, though, from the utilitarian brick that surrounds us, and even a far cry from the negative-space narratives of ancient Greek red-figure pottery. His work is proof that ceramics, despite the simple functionality that so many people expect of it, is art for art’s sake in the right hands. “I used to be more hung up … Continue reading Pots for Art’s Sake: A Look at Judd Jarvis’s Work by Russell Hart

Freedom Works for Robert Strini

Dialogue, photos, paint, wood, 10'x7'
 

  Freedom. Freedom to explore. Freedom to express one’s self. Freedom to communicate your conscience. Artist Robert Strini has been answering the call for over 40 years. “The biggest key in my life was when my father said to me, ‘I don’t care what you do or how much money you make, as long as you love what you do,’” says the son of a country Italian butcher who loved his trade. Strini’s father also took his young son to lectures on the power of positive thinking. His mother was a generous-hearted, hands-on homemaker. Given … Continue reading Freedom Works for Robert Strini