As a young artist, my mother let me paint the murals on our living room walls. Today I paint and draw on pottery that I create. Integrating ceramic form with images from life and art has been the primary focus of my work for over 25 years. To begin, I shape the clay on the potter’s wheel, sometimes joining pieces to make the final form. When the clay has hardened, I draw deeply into the clay using ideas from life…from stories and events…and from ART.

My work has evolved out of a lifetime of ART-doing, ART-looking and ART-teaching.

I constantly experiment with pottery form, imagery for drawing, and color combinations. For color I use underglazes, ceramic stains and glazes in a variety of combinations and mixtures and use fired test tiles as guides in deciding color schemes. For some work I carve through dark slip to reveal the contrasting white clay underneath. In the multicolored works, I allow the warm hues of the natural clay to play an important role in the final color outcome.