Earthenware Jar 1935 - 1942

Jessica Price made this Earthenware Jar with what looks like watercolor. There's something so lovely about the way Price captured the form of this jar. You can almost feel the weight and texture of the clay. See how the washes of brown and blue create a depth, especially in the floral decoration? It's like she's feeling her way around the object, finding its essence through color. I'm drawn to the way the blue bleeds slightly into the brown. It's a subtle reminder that art is about process, about letting materials do their thing. It reminds me of Fairfield Porter, how he captured the everyday with such tenderness and a similar interest in the qualities of light. Just as with Porter, there’s something both simple and profound in Price's rendering. It's a conversation between the artist, the object, and the medium.