Thursday, August 27, 2020

Four Pears in a Handmade Bowl


“Four Pears in a Handmade Bowl”
Oil on Canvas Board, 8” x 10”

If you want a bowl like this, you have to drive a Jeep high into the mountains above Todos Santos, Mexico and visit La Candelaria. Lorena, who is originally from Oregon, will give you a tour of her home and work area, and describe the self-glazing technique of previous generations that she learned from elderly artisans. She fires her work in a pit filled with a favorite local fuel, which is produced by the roaming cows. We love this bowl and I can’t believe it is the first time I’ve painted it.

 

1 comment:

Gregory Kullberg said...

Beautiful painting, Sharon. I remember our visit to Lorena High in the Baja mountains with Rick and Kris in 2012. A nice memory.