Description
1984 Large Sara Post Texas/California Abstract studio pottery Centerpiece bowl 12.75" wide x 3.75" tall with no cracks, chips, restorations, crazing, or wear.
Abstract painter Sara Post was born in Texas but has spent her adult life in northern California. Post studied painting at Southern Methodist University and holds Masters’ in Ceramics and Art Education from Northern Arizona University. She has been a practicing artist since 1981, winning national acclaim for her glaze-painted ceramic work, starting with inclusion in Neiman-Marcus’s American Art Forms. In the past decade, her surfaces and media have evolved, leading her ultimately to a layering of paint, collage, and wax which, while nonrepresentational, speak to notions of personal history, change, and records thereof. Her current vein of work is held in numerous galleries and museums, and is featured in the seminal text, Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts and Conversations by Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin.
Sara Post, With Tom Post
EDUCATION
—BA Studio art/art education, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
—MA Ceramics/art education, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
—Directed studies in ceramics, University of California, Davis, California
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2006Il Bisonte, Florence, Italy, printmaking and monotype
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1981—Studio Potter, President, T.S. Post Inc., studio pottery, art studio, Davis, California
Tom and Sara Post are known for hand-built shapes that are loose and totally functional. The surfaces are finished with blended brush colors creating color fields highlighted by repeated geometric accents.
The Posts began collaborating on ceramic pieces in 1976. Together they operated T.S. Post Ceramics producing a vast line of functional pieces from 1981-2005.
Their
After 2005 they focused on one of a kind pieces and wall collages using tiles to create color field paintings.
Public Collections
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Bibliography
American Art Collector, Volume 1, Book 1. Berkeley, CA: Alcove Books, 2004.
Fina, Angela and Jonathan Fairbanks. The Best of Pottery. Rockport MA: Quarry Books, 1996.
Palmer, Tom. American Art Collector, Volume 2, Book 1. Berkeley, CA: Alcove Books, 2005.
Pozo, Angelica. Making and Installing Handmade Tile. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2005.
The Artful Home, Madison, WI: Guild Publications, 2005, 2006, 2007.
