Bernadette Track's training has centered on theatre and dance, but like her mother and grandmother before her, the pull of the clay has been strong. Her pottery imparts a lesson in persistent striving, curiosity and artistic devotion. Bernadette's life is filled with love and respect for nature and humanity. Native American culture incorporates the rhythms of the earth, sun and life.

"Pottery is my art. I'm simply giving back what Mother Nature wants." In 1980, she began making pottery. Mary Witkop, a friend and local potter took her to her first clay pit, and Bernadette fell in love with clay. Indeed, experience guides Track in her knowledge of art.

In 1969, Bernadette attended a summer school of dance at Connecticut College, before taking advantage of a scholarship to Julliard. Bernadette stayed in New York through the early seventies. She came back to Taos Pueblo, electing to live in the traditional part of the pueblo that has no electricity and only river water. She modeled for R.C. Gorman and had a children's theatre. She went back to college to earn her BA in University Studies.

Bernadette now stands as one of the master potters at Taos Pueblo. She employs traditional firing and hand coiled methods. The firing process leaves a distinctive mark on the pottery in the form of  'cloud fire', mottled tones of black and grey that smudge the micaceous clay surface.