Circa 2000, hand-built and painted clay, incised signature to lower wave motif border.

10 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 8 in.

From the Collection of the late Victor Lefkowitz, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Located in the Celo Community of Burnsville, North Carolina, Becky Gray has been exhibiting her hand built clay artworks since 1976. Becky uses thrown forms, extrusions, coils and slabs combined in different ways to create pieces that are sculptural and often ceremonial in nature. Her works are raku-fired with light reduction, generally sprayed with water and then put into hardwood sawdust to cool. The result is an aged, often stone-like or metallic appearance.

Gray received a BFA in Art and a BA in English from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Gray also attended Auburn University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Penland School of Crafts.

Exhibitions include the Visual Arts Center, NC State University; Farmington Valley Arts Center (CT); Flagler Museum (FL); Charles Allis Museum (WI); William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum (GA); and Asheville Art Museum (NC). Gray’s work was also selected by the Southern Arts Federation for their traveling exhibition, "Contemporary Crafts."

Collections include R.J. Reynolds Industries Collection (NC), The Lannan Foundation (FL), North Carolina Pottery Center and North Carolina Museum of History.

A few small chips to wave crests, otherwise good estate condition.