Dish Art

Dish Art & Tile
About Artist: Wendy Allen
Artist and Designer of Dish Art & Tile

Wendy Brown: age 5, 1953

Born in Arizona
my interests in art began with the arts of the American Indians; their pottery and hand formed Adobe Architecture. Later I became interested in the Modern Arts.

In the early 70s
I moved to S.D. California and studied ceramics. I created a line of Sgraffito ware, including jewelry, with an Indian and African inspired motif.

sgraffito ware: pot and vase

In the 80's I began Painting on 50's
furniture as well as creating furniture of my own design. That led to hand sculpted cement furniture.

hand painted 1950's table

hand cut and painted table top

hand formed and painted cement chair

cement curtains framing mirror in gallery

Opening a gallery
I recreated the entire space from floor to ceiling with cement. I made hand formed cement curtains framing a mirror; reflected is a door well as a jewelry cabinet with a Tibetan Style cornice also made in cement.

I began the designs for my majolica ware in the early 90's. One of the first two plates was The Beetle Plate.

majolica beetle plate

Home

In the late 90's I moved to New York and began devoting more time to sculpture and painting while continuing ceramics.

ceramic sculpture

A move back to Arizona in 2003 prompted more sculpture and paintings.

painted cast bronze