2025

My vessels are the efforts to transform clay, which is essentially cold, heavy mud, into beautiful and interesting shapes that reflect the sensation of the soaring towers of modern architecture and the fluidity, geometry, and expressionism of 20th century decorative and visual arts.

This is a sculpture in a new series called Chalice. It is hand-built, using pinched coils, allowing a highly textured glaze finish. This is a first foray into functional sculpture. These elevated vessels are a symbolic way of offering food to the gods before serving it.

"Being Seen" asks us to consider the perspective of the quiet creatures in our midst. The hand-built form of a rabbit reveals interior cavities like the animal hollows and burrows normally hidden from human view. Terra sigillata and handmade paper form a colorful, organic skin, drawing us into their world.

This clay sculpture captures the bittersweet essence of childhood's end, portraying a bag filled with discarded toys. Each item symbolizes the fleeting innocence and joy of youth, surrendering to the inevitable passage of time. This work reflects the transition to new life stages, where memories linger, but innocence fades.

Chosen is a stoneware female sculpture with many faces. The face on her lap represents her chosen offspring. She is painted with white underglaze in the greenware stage, bisque fired, and then completed with an underglaze wash before firing.

This sculpture was the first figurative piece I made after a particularly challenging year. The work muses on the isolation of being immunocompromised during a pandemic and the disposable status of disabled people in American culture.

Inspired by my grandson, a budding artist, and his dog

This series was born from a larger 300 piece installation. I am intrigued by how we thrive or struggle in different ways due to the environment we find ourselves in.I instinctively play with surface texture, curious about how it interacts with the form.Reflecting on the legacy the process leaves behind.

Nemo Found is both a functional ceramic vessel and a sculptural representation of the dynamic, intricate and symbiotic relationship between the clown fish and the sea anenome. The piece celebrates the interconnectedness of all species and reminds us to protect all environments.