About Our Featured Artist

Artist and teacher Betsy Roeth creates ceramic sculptures, paintings and mixed media work in her Aptos studio.

After graduating from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in Decorative Arts, Betsy continued her studies in the States and abroad.

While living in India for two years she studied with ceramicist Sadar Gurcheran Singh, a colleague of Hamada and Bernard Leach. She spent wonderful months bicycling to Sardarji’s pottery studio, on the out-skirts of New Delhi where she took instruction in wheel work and decoration.

It was to be one of the most profound experiences of her life. At this time she also collaborated on the American sub-mission, to the  All India Housing Exhibit. The India experience affected all aspects of her life.

 

Upon returning home Betsy did graduate work in painting and silk-screen with Sister Corita, and ceramic mosaics with Sister Magdalene Mary, at Immaculate Heart College.

Betsy helped transform the Fisherman's Wharf and Ghiradelli Square area in San Francisco with commissions of colorful banners and flags. She created banners for Southland Shopping Center and the Mayfield Mall as well as for private clients. In addition to collections in the greater Bay Area and the north and central coasts of California, Betsy's work is in collections in Dallas, New York, Washington State, and San Jose Costa Rica. http://www.betsyroeth.com