About
• 2021 International Ceramic Artists Network (ICAN), 2022 Calendar, Sculpture, June
While most of my professional career involved designing with inks on paper, I am hyper aware of the overall visual impact of a surface that is layered with subtle nuances. I bring all of my years of design experience to the clay surface employing the use of underglazes, textures, raw clay against glazed surfaces, as well as lusters and gold leaf to create a tactilely inviting and visually seductive surface.
Having spent much of my life in rural areas in Michigan, my work reflects an idealized, graphic interpretation of animal encounters and their environments, dressed by nature’s organic patterns, as an integral part of their physical makeup. Some of these depictions are real to me, while others live only in my imagination until they spill onto my clay surface."
Born and raised in Michigan, I received a BFA with honors from Kendall College of Art and Design, with an Illustration emphasis. I am a practicing ceramic artist residing in St. Petersburg, Florida with a studio at the Morean Center for Clay. Having spent considerable time in my youth at the Toledo Museum of Art, I am influenced by the animals and stylized simplicity of Egyptian art forms.
With an educational background in illustration and graphic design, and my professional career as an art director working in advertising and marketing, I am primarily a self-taught ceramic artist. My clay journey began in a small community studio in Michigan which exposed me to throwing and allowed me the freedom to explore. After moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, I secured a studio at the Morean Center for Clay, allowing me the opportunity to continually explore and experiment with both construction and surface design. I am a seeker of knowledge, always looking for my next challenge.