Diane Lewis
Acoma
Little Parrot
2 1/4"
H x 3" D
Diane Lewis was born in 1960
and is a member of the Lewis family from the Acoma Pueblo (no
relation to Lucy Lewis, but a family famous for pottery artists
just the same).
Each member of this fine family
of proven artists are exquisite painters. They are well known
for fine handmade pottery, storytellers and clay sculptures.
Diane began experimenting
with the art of working with clay, and at the age of 21 she mastered
the craft of hand coiling pottery using natural pigments and
focused more on the rules of the ancient traditional methods
of firing outdoors.
Diane specializes in handmade
seed jars, small bowls with mimbres and traditional designs.
She paints with soft but crisp colors using natural paints applied
with a brush fashioned from the stems of a yucca plant.
She gathers her natural pigments
from within the Acoma Pueblo. Diane signs her pottery as: Diane
Lewis, Acoma, N.M.
She is related to Marilyn
Lewis-Ray, Judy Lewis, Carolyn Lewis-Concho (sisters), and Kathleen
Lewis (mother).
Awards:
-Eight Northern Pueblos Exhibit 1st, 2nd & 3rd
-Santa Fe Indian Market 1st, 2nd & 3rd various years
Publications:
-Southern Pueblo Pottery 2,000
Artist Biographies
-Southwestern Pottery Anasazi to Zuni
-Collections of Southwestern Pottery
-Miniature Arts of the Southwest
