Myron Sarracino is one of the few Laguna potters working today.  He learned to make pottery from Gladys Paquin and creates pieces which are thin walled and tightly painted. The imagery on this jar is a classic lightning pattern over the mesas. The lightning pattern is painted around the top 3/4 of the ajr and the last section has a red for the earth and a painted mesa pattern.  The use of the red near the base in the design is visually striking.  Note on the rim that there is a  painted “spirit line”, which is where the “spirit” of the painter is able to leave the piece.  It is seen on much older Acoma and Laguna pottery.  It is signed on the bottom.