Susan Folwell is one of the exciting innovators in Pueblo pottery.  This tile set is part of her series entitled, “Peering through Taos Light”.  The design for the tile comes from a painting by Taos Society Artist Victor Higgins.  The imagery has a reclining pueblo woman wearing her moccasins.  The next tile has Higgins signature style “puffy” clouds.  The final is a Pueblo design, emulating the room around her.  These tiles are made from native clay and painted with acrylic.  There are open areas which Susan says, “allows the clay to breathe”.  They each have a lucite stand, as Susan noted that they should not necessarily be static, but allowed to move.  The reverse of the two larger tiles are impressed with a shell design.  Each tile is signed on the back.  The numbers (1/3, 2/3, etc) are to denote that there are three tiles in the set.

“My newest pieces serve as commentaries and reflections on the classic Taos Society of Artists Work. I specifically want to focus on their portrayal of Native Women”.  Susan Folwell
Native Art Magazine, April 2018