Susan Folwell is one of the exciting innovators in Pueblo pottery.  This large open bowl is part of her new series for, “Peering through Taos Light”.  The focus is on Susan re-interpreting the work of the Taos Society of Artists. This bowl is inspired by a painting by Bert Greer Phillips, one of the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists.  Susan says of this piece,

“Greer is known for paintings of peasant scenes in Europe.  He depicts Taos villagers in a noble way. My intent was to have the image inside the bowl so that the painting was framed by the pot itself.  I wanted to capture the same nobility in the Corn Maidens with their baskets and all the colors of the corn”.

The exterior of the bowl is fully stone polished.  It has a striking form with a very round shoulder. The interior of the bowl is fully painted.  There is a basket design, then corn and finally the Taos scene in the center.  Note the detail in the corn and the baskets!  The contrast of the polished exterior and the painted interior is striking.  The bowl is signed on the bottom in the clay.