Crock c. 1937

Jessica Price painted this 'Crock' without a known date, depicting a seemingly mundane object, yet it speaks volumes. Notice the flower motif, a symbol that has travelled through time. In ancient Greece, floral patterns adorned pottery, representing fertility and abundance. Here, it is more stylized, yet its essence remains tied to nature’s regenerative power. The flower, like a memory, resurfaces across eras, each time slightly altered, adapting to new cultural landscapes. Consider how this simple floral emblem taps into our collective unconscious, evoking feelings of nostalgia and connection to the natural world. This image, though simple, carries the weight of centuries of symbolic meaning, engaging us on a profound, subconscious level. Such symbols reveal the cyclical nature of cultural memory, constantly resurfacing, evolving, and finding new life in each epoch.