Cheever's Bleeding Eye Face Jug-Steven Chandler-Georgia Red Mud Painting

Here's Cheever with his prized face jug.

Sometimes the eyes bleed in the kiln,

sometimes it happens by accident,

sometimes it happens for a reason.

Upon completion of this painting, thinking it was dry, I lifted it up and immediately the eyes started to bleed.

The way things have been going here lately, I took it as a sign and left it.

It did happen for a reason.