Three great passions in life are my family & friends, my gardens, and clay sculpture.

I thrive on experimenting with new techniques and pushing the limits of my experience. I love clay work, because no one ever can know all there is to know about ceramic sculpture.

My studio is equipped with a potter's wheel, wedging table and all manner of clay working tools, clay, glaze components and images that fuel my imagination. For me, working clay with my hands is a form of meditation. My passion for clay is part of what gives me life. Producing artwork in my studio, feels like breathing.

I'm drawn to spherical forms, inspired by plant and animal life. I'm constantly inspired by the connection between nature and humanity. My spherical sculptures recreate the womb, a container for life. Growing up the oldest of five siblings, and mothering my family of eight, with six grown and two almost out of the nest, nurturing new life and watching it grow is a deeply abiding and profound experience for me, which I express through my art.

April 2008