ART STUDIO POTTERY WEED POT VASE 

BY / SIGNED (GERALD) PATRICK 

A contemporary modern abstract studio vessel by listed artisan Gerald Patrick (Mikasa, Lenox, Yamazaki, Reed and Barton and Cambridge Silversmith Artisan). 

Vintage hand thrown studio pottery art vessel features intense earth-tone glaze applied in a manner similar to David Cressey’s infamous planters. This pottery art vase is artisan signed “Patrick” and is in excellent vintage condition.

Signed on bottom "Patrick"

Beautiful grey, brown, and orange glaze design.

Excellent vintage condition.

5-1/2 in. height by 5 in. diameter.

Gerald Joseph Patrick (American, 1942-2022):

Patrick was born in Westfield, Massachusetts on May 23, 1942. He attended Westfield public schools, but Jerry’s life and star were meant for greatness in the world. He packed up his car, headed out to California, where he became a renowned and admired artist and designer. Jerry had an inherent and wonderful artistic talent, an eye for design, and his life’s work was putting beautiful things into the world. He began his career by selling his pottery designs on the streets of Los Angeles and was soon discovered by an art buyer, this led to nationwide distribution of his work in high end department stores.

He evolved his trade and skill over time based on what spoke to and interested him. He was truly a gifted and creative soul. He moved on to blown glass creation, which appear in several museum collections. He began designing flatware and silverware over the years for the likes of Dansk, Mikasa, Cambridge, Waterford and others. He became a highly respected and sought-after designer in the industry. Jerry had a deep appreciation for beauty and gained his inspiration for his work through multiple sources, but his travels and visiting interesting places played a key role in his artwork. He traveled to places that most of us can only dream of including The Great Wall of China, Egypt, he rode the Blue Train in Africa, where he went on safaris, took family sailing trips, to name just a few. He was always planning amazing, decadent, dream provoking trips.

Always one to be inspired, Jerry began to express himself through painting and the creation of exhibition quality architectural pieces in his mid-seventies when most of us are slowing down. His curiosity and creativity took many forms over his lifetime. His paintings, mostly acrylics and oils, were brash in their use of color and form and electrifying to experience from any angle. Jerry had a wicked sense of humor and a bent towards mischievous behavior. The mischievous, youthful nature remained throughout his lifetime and into his last days. He will be remembered and loved for his talent, his appreciation of good wine, food and for seeing and understanding the beauty in life as well as a keen sensitivity for understanding people.

"Starting out as a potter in Los Angeles, Jerry’s work became well known internationally. Mikasa discovered him and for the next 30 years, his name became synonymous with luxury tableware. From Mikasa work came other luxury companies including Lenox, Yamazaki, Reed and Barton and Cambridge Silversmith. Now Gerald has taken his creative energy into a new direction with the introduction of the Gerald Patrick Art Studio in Palm Springs, CA where approximately 100 of his abstract canvases are displayed."