This is a striking water jar by Lisa Holt and Harlan Reano.  They make an amazing team, working to create innovative pottery using traditional techniques.  Lisa makes the pottery and it was painted by Harlan.  This jar has a round body and a short neck.  The piece is painted with acrylic after the firing.  The jar has a series of interlocking plant or “wild spinach” designs. Wild spinach is the plant used to paint black on the pottery.  It is repeated in different sections across the surface of the jar.  Note how the design matches and accentuates the shape of the jar!  It is exciting to see a piece with this amount of dynamic artistry.  It is signed on the bottom, “Lisa Holt & Harlan Reano ’23”.   Interestingly, I judged their pottery the first year they entered at Santa Fe Indian Market and it has been exciting to watch them evolve in shapes and designs over the years.