Roger_Allen

Art Center Director, Founder, Artist, Potter and the luckiest guy
in the world!…...cause I have the BEST FRIENDS in the world!

Below on this page you will find a sampling of Roger's pottery work and a little background.
For a large display of work and more detail, click the allenclay.info link below.

About the Artist …

Texas born and educated, Roger earned his degree in Art Education at Texas Tech in 1966. He began his career as a high fire stoneware potter and art teacher in the 60's and 70's. He taught art in the San Angelo public schools while establishing the Art Center. Since 1977, the Art Center and his own work have received his full attention. Roger's focus changed to bronze casting and sculpture during the 80's but returned to clay in the 90's, and the StarKeeper story was born.
Roger is knowledgeable in many areas of art techniques and spends much time sharing with others. He remains committed to education by offering a diverse program of special interests for the children - creators of the future - and an array of programs for all ages. But, the Old Chicken Farm Art Center may well be Roger Allen's biggest and finest work of art.

MEANTIME...I'M PROUD…

I'm very proud of the art center, what we represent in San Angelo and what we do for the city, and I'm grateful of the support from the city, schools, and fine arts museum. I'm proud of the art center artists; so be sure to look at their pages and /or sites. I'm proud of Pam and her newfound career teaching Somatics. I'm proud of Jerry and Susan and their success with the Silo House restaurant. B/B, and Gecko Gallery. And I'm very proud of a great staff that keeps the day in day out stuff going.

We currently have these 10 set color schemes:
(Other colors combinations may also be ordered.)
1- Yellow - Red - Blue
2 - Turquoise - Amethyst - Blue
3 - Yellow - Turquoise - Blue
4 - Yellow - Red - Maroon
5 - Yellow - Turquoise - Amethyst
6 - Yellow - Red - Amethyst
7 - Turquoise - Amethyst - Maroon
8 - Turquoise - Yellow - Brown
9 - Yellow - Turquoise - Green
10 - Yellow - Brown - Green

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Having worked with clay since 1960, I have passed through many stages of pottery making. Stoneware was my thing for 35 years, then I discovered COLOR and I'm having a good time. We create most of our colors and use an airbrush to apply the blended colors. I have several series that we work with and the pictures below show a small amount of the work. For a complete overview go to allenclay.info

   First came the StarKeeper. An original story I wrote
   grew into a series that illustrates The Full Full Day
   of The StarKeeper. 12 plates illustrate the story
   and many others are created for commissions. It's a
   short and simple story that says we are all StarKeepers.
   You can read it and see all on the clay site.

Sharing The Stars. This wedding or anniversary plate is not in the story.

   Animal Spirits series use deer, bear, buffalo, and eagle
   as the primary animals but almost every animal has
   been a subject. Created on large platters and a unique
   design each time, we try to convey a connection to the
   animal world.

A 20" platter with bear, eagle, and salmon design.

   Big Ass Dancers - A series of Goddess that will turn
   into the series of Saints-Whores-and Other Good Ole
   Gals. Coming soon!

18" platter titled White Line Dancers
The truck drivers dream.

Keep on... keep on... going down.
The striped designs are below. The highlighted name in boxes will take
you to the allenclay.info page of that series. Thanks for continuing your visit.

   Quilted Clay and Mandalas series are unique designs. Each piece is different
   but we can design something to show you and we will post current designs
   that are available on the allenclay.info site.

After nearly 50 years of pottery making we finally got that big commission...maybe not again. This 42x42" baptismal font was installed in Holy Angels Church in San Angelo Texas in 2004. We did the font and custom tiles for the pool. It works great and looks good.

Other speciality items include raku, tiles, furniture tops, backsplash tile work, outdoor planters, and more items than I can remember.
We will consider any request.