About: Artist Penny Truitt

BA/Classical Archaeology, Boston University, 1962
postgraduate work, Bryn Mawr College, 1962-63;
Harvard University, 1965-67

Starting with a career in Classical Archaeology, Penny Truitt's interest in Greek vase painting inspired her to create her own clay work. Now with her own studio, Penny produces raku pieces reflecting the bold angles and colors of the environment that surrounds her. Her latest work is representative of travels in the Southwest- the clarity of edges, striations of earth and color, and wind-worn expanses.

Unlike the usual firing cycle, Raku offers an immediate involvement with each pot. My goal is a search to extend design and color beyond the expected, to find in each piece an expression of the intensity which the process demands. Every [piece] represents a series of crucial and irrevocable decisions; the result is always unique, and the pleasure is to be found in its spirit.

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