Dick Hay Signed 1986 Postmodern Studio Pottery Monumental Vase

A Postmodern monumental studio pottery vase by American artist Dick Hay (1942-2020). The vase features a cream glaze with various incised hash markings throughout the body. The flared lip has a single horseshoe cutout along the edge and tapers to dual flat handles. The round base is signed “Dick Hay 1986” to the underside.

Dick Hay is celebrated for forty-five years of actively creating and teaching art professionally. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Alfred University, New York State College of Ceramics. During his career he was an enviable lecturer that was invited to over one hundred art conferences and universities within the United States and abroad. Hay was the recipient of many awards including the “Excellence in Teaching Award” from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts’. He has exhibited his work in over 200 exhibitions. Years before his death in an attempt to update his website he wrote, “I was cursed/blessed to express myself through making objects. And I feel obligated/driven/doomed/guilty if I don’t do this daily.”