Join Rivery Gallery in the Bluff View Art District this Friday, April 3 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm for the free opening reception of their April exhibit.
View the new body of work by ceramicist Linda Crossan alongside the remaining woodblock prints of the late Sister Mary Grace Thul as well as the newest paintings by James Conner.
Enjoy the opportunity to meet exhibiting artist Linda Crossan and learn about the immense passions that inspire her work. Linda Crossan’s Story Bowls are inspired by the “different stages of our relationship to God” and her own “profound encounters with the spirit”. By focusing on the spiritual act of shaping clay, along with illustration and scripture, Linda emphasizes the significance of the bowl as a sacred vessel, representing a source of nourishment for the body and soul.
“The development of my work has been influenced by my years spent in the graphics community. As a designer, illustrator, I learned how to research and immerse myself in a subject so the work I produced felt organic and natural to who I am while speaking to the concept in an informed way,” Crossan explains. “Years spent painting, drawing, working with color, and creating art in other mediums are now reflected in the clay work I produce. I love the unexpected and the space I have to make for the clay to become what it wants to be not always what I think it should be.”
James Conner was born and raised in rural Mississippi and believes he was born to be an artist, as his first memories are of his drawing with pencil and paper before he was old enough to attend school. He later served in the U.S. Army as a graphic artist and illustrator with two tours of duty in Vietnam and Europe…