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1050 Woodley Road Montgomery, Alabama 36106 (334) 262-5349 Fax: (334) 567-0060 weberart@mindspring.com |
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| Ned Berry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| One might say that Ned Berry is following in family footsteps since he is a direct descendent of Edward Hicks, the famous Early American painter. Ned Berry’s great-grandfather, George Berry, was a potter and brick maker. When Ned learned of the artistic heritage of his family, his curiosity gave him a burning desire to try his hand at creating pottery as well. That was the fall of 1990 when he began, and he hasn’t stopped since. Born June 29, 1940, in Columbus, Georgia, Ned recalls many creative pursuits as a youngster. “My brother and a bunch of neighborhood guys and I rebuilt and reupholstered a 1930 four-door Ford sedan. We had first honed our skills creating go-carts with junkyard finds and we even made our own gunpowder during those days,” Ned recalls. “That got us into some trouble at times.” This is hard to believe due to the kind, southern gentleman that he is today complete with his Harley Davidson motorcycle. |
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"The Country Gentleman" glazed clay 23" x 10.5" x 10.5" $1600 (8324)
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| Ned graduated from high school and attended college briefly, but eventually dropped out. After active duty in the Army, Ned spent a number of years in the active Army Reserve while he worked various jobs, including one with a finance company and being a purchasing agent for the mobile home industry. He even opened a restaurant of his own once. |
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Detail from "The Country Gentleman" (8324)
| He first married at 28 and became the father of twin daughters. After divorcing and remarrying, Ned became a step father to two additional children. In 2005, Ned married his high school sweetheart, Gayle. As a young man, he became an avid collector of all kinds of things, especially pottery, which he occasionally sells at flea markets in the southeast. Ned Berry has never regretted the day he begged a local potter to let him have a lump of clay and a chance to sit down at her wheel to have a try at making something. On his third attempt that day, he made a pot. |
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Detail from "The Country Gentleman" (8324)
| Today Ned Berry’s unique works of art combine both wheel-thrown and hand-built elements from glazed clay. His works are now in the collections of two Presidents and in many distinguished collections coast to coast and abroad. His work has been exhibited in New York as well as in several one- man exhibitions in southern museums. | |||
Detail from "The Country Gentleman" (8324)
Detail from "The Country Gentleman" (8324)
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