Artist Statement

My work is a reflection of my nature, a guttural need to see, to touch, to feel, and react. More profoundly my work is, in itself, a reaction to my tactile, visual, and social environment. Through abstract tactile sculptural forms I develop a language to communicate nonverbally the thoughts and emotions about my life experiences and to better understand the space and beings around me. Self-reflection is granted and welcomed through this creative space and process.

The ceramic forms I create are developed from my affinity to nature’s biomorphic lines, shapes, textures, patterns and forms including subtle references to landscapes and the female figure. As an artist I have an urge within to tell a story. One that narrates the world from my perspective, with my insights into this human condition, however intangible it may seem at times. Whether wheel-thrown and altered, coil built, pinched, or slab constructed, my work is a visual, tactile, and thought-provoking experience.

Each phase of the ceramic process emphasizes the ever-changing state of our own existence. Change, as an element of my work, becomes the catalyst; and clay in its finished form becomes the object in which I attempt to capture this ever so transient element. Building with clay I attempt to juxtapose the permanency of the ceramic material to that of change, a way to manifest its importance in our every day life for achieving transformation and evolution.