Featured works and new projects
Clay.
My first favorite medium. The day the art teacher announced we were getting out the clay was pure happiness to me. I got right to work, and time just melted away. I am currently working on combining functional and sculptural elements, working from an initial inspiration while allowing the clay to guide me.
Aquatic Teapot. Glazed stoneware. 8 x 9 x 5 inches. 2000.
Royal Blues Teapot. Glazed porcelain. 7 x 7.5 x 4.5 inches. 2000.
Unruly Dimpled Teapot. Glazed stoneware. 5 x 9 x 5 inches. 1999.
Autumn State Teapot. Glazed stoneware. 5 x 10 x 5 inches. 1999.
Katie. Stoneware with ferric nitrate patina. 16 x 12 inches. 2000.
Monstera Dish. Air-dry natural earth clay and acrylic. 1 x 5 x 3.5 inches. 2020.
Connected pendant, glazed stoneware, 2021
Work in progress, abstract mask, greenware
Work in progress, abstract mask, bisqueware
Work in progress, abstract mask, greenware
air-dry clay components for canvas work in progress
air-dry clay components for canvas work in progress
Cottage. Glazed stoneware. 4 x 3 x 3 inches. 2022.
Underwater Dream. Glazed stoneware. 7.5 x 9 x 2.5 inches. 2022.
Paint.
Acrylic is a fun medium because it’s approachable, colorful, and plays well with clay. My inspiration is from the natural world, learning about myself and my internal world, and connecting out and up from there.
my African violets
Anemone
Daisy, Tulips inspired by Marie P.
Blue Pimpernel
Grasses from my fish pond
My newest orchid from Mutschler's
California poppy
My mini African violet from Esbenshade's
Peace rose
The first crocus at my house
Mum from Longwood
Agave from Longwood
Philodendron from Longwood
Bleeding heart, from Joanna
Pussy willow/Salix Caprea with bees, from Leslie
My favorite orchid
Emilia's poppy
My Burrow's Tail, from Mutschler's
Succulent from a Mother's Day mix
Bird of Paradise, Pom Pom tree
Tulip tree
Lovely flowing flowers at Longwood
Hydrangea in the front bed
Fuschia
Black-eyed Susan, from Kristie
Paph. venustum, Longwood
Hibiscus
Black Calla Lily
Canvases and more canvases
All together now...
I enjoy combining materials to create what I want to see, and to allow the materials and techniques to inform each other.
Orchid Dimensions No.1, Masdevallia. Acrylic, air-dry clay, stainless steel wire, on canvas. 12x12 inches.
Orchid Dimensions No.2, Phaius. Acrylic, air-dry clay, hot melt adhesive. 12 x 12 inches.
Orchid work in progress, before adding stems
Background layer detail Orchid Dimensions, No. 2
Attaching the clay, continuing the painting process
We Unravel. Canvas, Acrylic, air-dry clay, collage. 84 x 36 x 2 inches. 2022.
Wild growth. Raku, glazed ceramic pendants, wire, bead. 7 x 13 x 6 inches. 2022.