About

Statement

Travel has been my greatest teacher. While my university education, the workshops I have taken, the artists I have studied have certainly guided me along the way, I have learned the most from traveling. When I was 23 years old, I had the opportunity to travel extensively in Europe, meeting wonderfully established people—some incredibly brilliant and some extremely successful. Since then, I have made time to continue to travel. Exploring new places has been a main influence in my art. I love seeing how others live, the way different cultures celebrate all the senses. I especially value seeing art from all around the world—the different styles, colors and textures. I love the freedom of travel, and I think we always should be moving on a path, just as art should continue to evolve to follow the interests of the artist. As a child, I was always interested in drawing. Children and artists are like sponges, they absorb everything, ponder and create. I still sketch, and I love to teach art. My degree is in art education. It has given me the opportunity to instill an appreciation for art in my students. Ceramics continue to fascinate me. I am drawn to functional design. I love sculpture, because it invades your space. You have to walk around it; you have to deal with it. It's not something you can just walk past. The subjects of my art vary. I still take workshops and continuously learn from other artists. I look at clay as a tapestry, a way of telling my story. My life has been a grand opera—tragedy, death, destruction and great joy. The journey is unraveled in my art.