Dick Hay Signed Postmodern Studio Pottery Monumental Vase

A monumental Postmodern studio pottery vase by American artist Dick Hay (1942-2020). The vase features a cream glaze with various incised hash markings throughout the top of the dual handled body. The base features an abstract line design and series of cross hatch markings to the bottom. The vase is signed “Dick Hay” to the side.

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 recepient 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.”