William Brouillard (American, b. 1947) 2 Works of Art Pottery 1) Charger, signed. Size: 22'' x 22'' x 3'' (56 x 56 x 8 cm). 2) "Goose Tile," Ceramic Sculpture. Rachel Davis, Cleveland, OH, Lot 553. Size: 14'' x 14'', 36 x 36 cm (plaque); 15.5'' x 15.5'', 39 x 39 cm (frame). Provenance: The Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection. Artist Biography: Growing up in rural Wisconsin, roughly 100 miles from the nearest big city (Minneapolis) didn’t provide the greatest formative opportunities for an artist. His high school had no art department, and he had to hide his drawings under other pieces of paper to make it look like he was doing homework in study hall or risk getting punished. Ironically, thanks to a particularly creative teacher, the punishment for goofing off in shop class, where he learned to make furniture and other useful objects, was to read poetry. Brouillard took his budding interest in shaping physical, three-dimensional, utilitarian pieces from clay and majored in art at the State University of Wisconsin, where he earned his B.A. in 1969. Then a couple of years in the U.S. Army showed him a different side of life, and one that, while interesting, wasn't one he cared to pursue. So, when he found himself studying clay at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in Alfred, New York— another one stoplight town—he thought, "Man, this is really the life. All I have to do is work on stuff I want to work on." A ceramic artist was born.

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