Statement:
We are the result of what we were and our beginnings occurred long ago in many places. Our western heritage had its origins in one of man's earliest and most creative civilizations, Mesopotamia, i.e. Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria. Through my forms and the ancient cuneiform texts, I try to honor their spiritual and cultural achievements in clay, the material they used 5,000 years ago.

My work is one of a kind, designed, formed and then impressed with the detailed texts. I fire to stoneware temperature 2160ºF/1180ºC. A laminated English translation of the text accompanies each piece. Some texts are abridged because of size limitations.

Studied:
Academie Julian, Paris
Art Institute, Chicago
University of Miami
Edinboro State College
UCLA, M.A. Art
Kutztown University
Barnstone Art Studio
Philadelphia School of Fine Art

Shown:
La Flor Fine Arts, Crawford, NJ
Academie Raymond Duncan, Paris
Ryder gallery, Los Angeles
Comara Gallery, Los Angeles
Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles
Dobrin Gallery, Los Angeles
Van Keppel Green, Los Angeles
Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Americana West, New York City
New Jersey Designer Craftsman
Montclair Art Museum, NJ
Summit Art Center, NJ
Newark Art Museum, NJ
Trenton State Museum, NJ
Morris Museum, NJ
Noyes Museum, NJ
Walker Kornbluth Gallery, NJ
Skylands, Newton, NJ
Peters Valley Gallery, NJ

Address:
727 Willow Street
Cranford, New Jersey 07016
908.276.4557

E-mail:
rchavern@aol.com