Artist's Statement

I am a ceramic artist, making highly decorated sculptural and functional forms in porcelain. I paint on greenware in a loose and expressionistic style using underglazes and slips colored with mason stains. Further embellishment is done through incising and scraping techniques. The pieces are fired in oxidation using a clear glaze, and then finished with lusters and enamels. In addition to ceramics, I continue to produce two dimensional work using acrylic paint, ink, and oil pastels.

My images are from personal and traditional mythologies depicting images imagined and not imagined. I have continued to explore the subjects of aging, birth and rebirth, and relationships. I try to express this by blending my own personal experiences with myths and fairy tales and images from nature, expanding from the personal to the archetypal.

Born in Idaho and raised in Missoula, I started my art studies at the University of Montana in 1966. After a time, I switched gears and began a twenty-six year career in nursing. During this time, I continued my art studies and finished my MFA in ceramics in 1996. I have recently retired from my nursing in order that I might devote myself to the making of art.