Artists's Statement

I make pots as much from a drawing sensibility as a pottery one. Daydreaming with a pencil. Not drawing as rendering but simply doodling, then working hard to get that drawing to function. Profille line is therefore a strong attraction, a strong dictate, as are the smaller spaces within spaces. And of course that sense of animation. My pot reference is most often you an I, our bodies. It's where my cues come from: dance, people seated on a park bench, the cleavage that forms inside of a bent elbow. But I want to stay in the pot's world - too literal and the pots seem deflated. In my studio what I hope for are pots that have qualities of sensuality, compassion, humor, and risk.

Brief Biography

I am a full time studio potter who has maintained a studio in Penland, NC, since the mid 1980's. I received a B.A. in History from the University of Dayton, Ohio, and an M.F.A. in Ceramics from Louisiana State University. I've taught in craft programs nationally, been widely reveiwed and exhibited, and am represented in public and private collections, including the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC and the Roger Corsaw Collection of Functional American Ceramics at Alfred University.