Steve Loucks

Steve Loucks received his MFA in 1985 from the New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University, in Alfred, NY and his BFA in 1983 from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. He is a studio potter and full professor at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL. He has conducted numerous workshops which include Odyssey, Penland, Arrowmont, and the 92nd Street "Y" in NYC. My work is included in several public and private collections including the San Angelos Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, University of Florida, and the Greenwich House Pottery. He has been awarded an Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Crafts as well as several awards in national juried competitions.

Title: Magician Fish from McElligot's Pool Materials: glass, acrylic, papier mache on fiberglass Artist's comments: My Magician Fish from McElligot's Pool was inspired by the little boy's fantasy fish in the book McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss. As a young boy myself, I was drawn to, and awed by, the daydreamy, hopeful imagination of the young boy fishing as he fantasized about all the wonderful, elaborate, and different kinds of fish that he could possibly catch in McElligot's Pool.