Janet K. Burner

Lives and works in USA

Artist statement

ARTIST STATEMENT 2025 "Clay as Art" is my goal and inspiration and Craft versus Art is a boundary I relish to extinguish. Recently, exploring clay as a canvas has been a facet of my work. The human figure, my life's experiences, and images from nature fascinate my imagination; smooth surfaces, texture, movement, and contrasts are often incorporated. I bring my many years of experience to every lump of clay; to shape from nothing, a piece which lives beyond myself with dignity and pride. My intention as a potter was & is a spiritual one, to be one with the earth. Living in Portugal in 1969 changed my life; I fell in love with Art, traveling to cities all over Europe & spending my time in Art Museums, large & small. Ceramics & drawing have been my focus & life ever since. I opened my business, Sabino Stoneware Pottery in 1972; after an apprenticeship with Harry Holl in Cape Cod, MA. I founded Romero House Potters, located on the Tucson Museum of Art campus & have been teaching ceramics there since 1975. I also built our large six foot catenary arch kiln twice where I load & fire my work & that of my student's. My love for drawing began as a Senior in college taken as an elective towards a Bachelors of Science degree in Microbiology. While teaching ceramics at the Tucson Museum of Art, I was afforded the opportunity to take figure drawing classes year after year. Recently, I retrieved from under my bed, all the portfolios I had stored. I began...

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