Artist Media Series
Contemporary
King Galleries - Indian Market 2023
Tammy Garcia
Susan Folwell
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Andrea Vargas
Steve Lucas
Jennifer Tafoya
Arthur Lopez
Historic
$ 200.00
Katherine Victorino is a daughter of accomplished Acoma potter Monroe Victorino. She began making pottery at nine years old and attributes her pottery education to her step-mother Beverly Garcia. This jar is a classic water jar or “olla” shape for Acoma with a narrow base, wide shoulder and turned in neck. The jar is coil built and painted with a rain (fine line) design. Below the rain pattern are plant designs. Around the neck is a cloud motif. It combines strong black and white graphics with fine-line Acoma painting. Katherine says, “I started by filling in the lines for my step-mother, and gradually I learned the traditional methods of hand-coil construction and fine line painting (using only yucca brushes) well enough to make pottery full time at the age of twenty.” The intricate designs encompass the entire surface, creating a strong graphic appearance with the contrast of the black and white. The jar is signed on the bottom.