Conner Burns

Natchez, Mississippi

“Vessels … I enjoy vessels.  Vessels that are equally complete standing alone or in use. 

I enjoy the sand patterns in the bottom of the small creek that I frequent.  I enjoy the rugged bark of the trees, and the crooked and aged root systems exposed on the embankments.  I enjoy the way a flower emerges from its bud.  I enjoy ‘big picture’ things, but joyfully lose myself in the details that make them so unique. 

It is these components that I also appreciate in artwork.  I do not desire to replicate anything I see: I do desire for my artwork to evoke feelings consistent with the natural environment with which I am so enamored.”

Conner is a studio potter in Natchez, Mississippi.