The Story Behind Jesse Fales Ceramics

Dec 20, 2024

Drawing from ancient pottery forms and techniques, Fales work celebrates the harmony between nature and human experience, inviting viewers to connect with the land and its inhabitants. Through her art, she aims to capture the essence of the Rocky Mountains wild beauty and the enduring spirit of its creatures.

This Christmas Season, Fales introduces her functional ceramic sculptures which are a blend of simple, timeless forms like bowls, jugs and vases with intricate, complex depictions of iconic animals such as horses, deer, moose and bison. This juxtaposition of delicate and rough, quiet and playful elements reflects the beauty and ruggedness of the natural world.

Fales grew up on the Northfork of the Shoshone River, in Wapiti Valley, daughter of outfitters and dude ranchers. She spent her entire childhood outdoors on pack trips going deep into the wilds of the Absaroka Mountains. Rimrock Dude Ranch has been her home her all life and she has spent every summer riding horses around Shoshone National Forest and Yellowstone National Park. She started making sculptural functional ceramics in 2002. Drawing from memory and observation, she brings the wild animals she encounters in her life into her ceramic forms.

As a sculptor working in traditional ceramic forms, Fales finds inspiration in the majestic animals and rich cultural heritage of the Rocky Mountain region. Come discover her wild Animals of the Yellowstone and her functional Bowls, Vases and Jugs.

Come See the Ceramic Pieces and holiday cards by Jesse Fales and more at Contemporary Western Arts “Holiday Open House”. The last Open House will be held Saturday December 21, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Join them at 1244
Sunshine Ave in Cody.

For more information visit: contemporarywesternarts.com
Open by Appointment only except During the Holidays Shopping Season:
Saturday Dec 21 – 12pm-4pm

Silas von Morisse
Director
Contemporary Western Arts

Presented there are nine exceptional artists: Frances Barth, Jane Chapin, Juliette Dumas, Jesse Fales, Wade Patton (Oglala Lakota), John Isaiah Pepion (Blackfeet), M.C. Poulsen, Gene Swallow (Oglala Lakota), and Andre von Morisse.

Contemporary Western Arts displays the art in a “house as gallery” in an informal manner to allow visitors to enjoy the collection in a friendly space.

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