Ceramic Artist Ron

Artists and artisans working with ceramics have steadily contributed to the art world for centuries.

Ceramic artist ron. Ron has self published two books. Ron has published two books. From prehistoric pottery to ancient greek amphoras from the rise of porcelain in asia and europe to the arts and crafts movement in england and the u s ceramic traditions have long fascinated artists and infiltrated their practices in the contemporary art world this was never more clear. Amaco has added a large low fire vase as part of their permanent collection most recently the carousel horse platter is part of the 2017 art of the state.

Birds are neat and ron korczynski ceramic artist. Nagle lives and works in san francisco california. Video learn more about ron nagle s process ideas and career in ron nagle gets fired up credited to kqed spark. Many of ron s creations are included in museums and private collections nationally and internationally.

Ron nagle born february 21 1939 is an american sculptor musician and songwriter. A native and current resident of natrona heights pa ron graduated from indiana university of pennsylvania with a master s degree in art education and taught art in the public school system for 32 years. He practiced ceramics in high school and developed an interest in. Born in san francisco in 1939 nagle was introduced to ceramics by his mother at an early age.

Intimate in scale bold in color and immaculate in finish the ceramic sculptures by san francisco based artist ron nagle look like surrealistic dream objects. Ron meyers has been in clay for over 30 years known for his loose whimsical and pictorial approach to utilitarian pottery. Ron nagle helped pave the way for clay artists to be taken seriously but he still has a sense of humor. The author kay whitney a frequent contributor to ceramics monthly is an artist and writer living in los angeles california.

While ron nagle is certainly no newcomer to ceramics he has been working with clay for over 50 years and his experience shows sculpting miniature pieces rich in color with immaculate finishes and beautiful contrast in textures his work fits into the abstract expressionism world with a hint of surrealism. Ron lambert bu art professor who teaches sculpture said he remembers deal s winning portfolio and thought that her ceramics pieces were both playful and elegantly designed and that. Early in his career nagle apprenticed with fellow abstract expressionist ceramicist peter voulkos and he cites ken price and giorgio morandi as significant influences. He is known for small scale refined sculptures of great detail and compelling color.