John L. Scott Focus Gallery
Larry Richmond
Larry Richmond from Bellingham is the 2010 featured artist in the John L. Scott Focus gallery. Richmond is a ceramic artist whose hand thrown and carved ceramic pieces reflects influences of Northern California Indian baskets, where he spent twenty-five years working and teaching on the Hoopa Indian Reservation. His wife, Peggy Kondo, also an artist, often collaborates with needle worked components incorporated into his work.
Richmond's education includes ceramics and industrial design, with degree from Wayne State University. He has worked as a ceramics instructor at numerous universities and art centers, including UC Davis and Davis Art Center. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States. He currently works as a studio artist in Bellingham. Richmond is the first Focus Gallery participant who has also participated as a booth artisan in the Festival.
For more information, visit his web site.
Sally Sellers
Sally Sellers, from Vancouver, Washington, has been a textile artist since 1989. Sellers' work embraces repetition with intentional and controlled variations.
She uses embellishments, stripes and grids to add visual interest and lead the viewer into her work. Sellers has been juried into major textile exhibitions and her work is included in over forty public collections.
