Judith La Scola

My new work refocuses on the vessel, both as a form and as an element in a still life. I am exploring new areas dealing with surface and texture. I’m drawn to various references. Italian Renaissance armor and Chinese snuff bottles, which, strangely enough, have much in common with one another. Each had its utilitarian origin, but eventually evolved into art forms famous for their use of ornamental themes found in nature, such as overlapping scales, intertwining vines and interlocking plates. I like the idea of applying such decorative forms to both surfaces of the painted panels with the feeling that it would have an added sense of depth. This aids in obscuring and unveiling different areas within the work, with hope that it would provide the added effect of protecting and containing the painted image of the vessel.

The lidded, heavy-walled vessels, themselves, are deeply sand-carved in order to reveal the pure interior color, but the armorlike patterns are repeated on the multicolored outside and softened with acid etching. I felt that this might also suggest protection and containment. Juxtaposing such a vessel with the accompanying carved and painted panels seemed to lend itself to an endless array of possibilities.

Solo Exhibitions
2002 - Habatat Galleries Chicago
1999 - Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 - Habatat Galleries, Chicago, IL Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
1997 - Riley hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH Habatat galleries, Pontiac, MI
1996 - Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington D.C. Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995 - Riley Hawk Gallery, Cleveland, OH Riley Hawk Gallery, Columbus, OH
Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA

1994 - Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1992 - Foster/White Gallery, Seatlle, WA Safeco Insurance Co, Showcase, Seattle, WA

1991 - Everett Arts Gallery, Everatt, WA

Museum Exhibitions
1998 - Cold Fusion, Aichi Prefectural Museum, Seto, Japan
1997 - Beauty in Art, Huntsville Museum, Huntsville, AL Food, Glorious Food, Charles Wustum Museum, Racine, WI

1996 - Glass Part II, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
1995 - Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA

1994 - Northwest Poets and Artists Calendar, exhibition of work by featured artists, Charles & Nina Frye Museum, Seattle, WA

Group Exhibitions
1998 - International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI
SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, represented by Habatat Galleries
SOFA, New York, NY represented by Habatat Galleries

1997 - International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL
International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI
SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, represented by Riley Hawk Galleries
Creative Glass Center of America Glass Weekend, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ represented by Maurine Littleton Gallery

1996 - GLASS, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Group Glass Exhibition, Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
SOFA, Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, FL, represented by Riley Hawk Galleries
International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI
SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL represented by Mille Gallery, NY

1995 - International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI
A Touch of Glass, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.