I grew up in Santa Fe, NM. When the town was a small bohemian art community my mother was a painter and my direction and my environment drew me toward the arts.
I started my career as a potter by making a few bowls for my own kitchen. Now, almost 50 years later, I still follow these interests in art and clay.
workshop
1966-77 The Pot Shop 942 Canyon Road.
My production pottery shop produced original one of a kind dinnerware, lamps, and large planters. All wheel thrown, fired to cone 10 in homemade kilns.
1978 I moved to Galisteo and began to explore using wild clays and unrefined pigments that I dug by hand from the historic clay quarry nearby.
1970-present I work with the native clays and minerals, making murals and sculptures. Also I teach a few workshops and give private leasons on working with the wild clays.
Maria and Adam Martinez with Michael Cardew
San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM
Pueblo Blanco clay quarry
Galisteo, NM
Current Galleries
1980 – present Nedra Matteucci Fenn Galleries
Santa Fe, NM
1984 - present Gallery at Shoal Creek
Austin, TX
1978 – present Priscilla Hoback Studio
Galisteo, NM