Lynn Duryea (American, 20th century), Mound #8

Slab constructed terracotta, glazed and low-fired in oxidation, signed and titled to underside.

10 7/8 x 14 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.

Collection of a Gentleman, Durham, North Carolina

Professor Emerita of Art at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, Lynn Duryea was a studio artist working in Maine before earning her MFA from the University of Florida. She now works in Maine full-time, in southern Portland and on Deer Isle.

Lynn is a Founding Trustee of Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and was the Program Coordinator and Artist-in-Residence for The Watershed Workshop for People with HIV/AIDS. She is a co-founder of Sawyer Street Studios, an artist-owned ceramic facility in South Portland. She was a recipient of the Maine Crafts Association 2012 Master Craft Award, and was the first visual artist to receive Portland, Maine’s YWCA Women of Achievement Award. Lynn was an Emerging Artist at the 2004 NCECA Conference (National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts). She has received grants from Appalachian State’s University Research Council and the university’s Foundation Fellows, the Maine Arts Commission and Watauga County Arts Council.

Lynn’s work is represented in numerous publications including Ceramics Art + Perception, Discovery: Fifty Years of Craft and Transformation at Haystack, Dry Glazes, and a cover article by Glen Brown in Ceramics Monthly. Lynn’s work has been exhibited widely and collected extensively. Group shows include the 2016 Maine Biennial at Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland ME, Contemporary New England Ceramics at the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester NH, and International Emerging Ceramic Artists Invitational Exhibition, FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums, Fuping, Xian, China. Her work is in the museum’s permanent collection.

Bio courtesy of artist's website.

Good estate condition.