All about me...
My exploration with color and surface has helped me move into a harmonious relationship with design and the process of forming clay into objects. My ideas often come to me from an investigation of a technique or forming process for a particular vessel. Certain attitudes have emerged from the mass of ideas and information I have collected and this attitude wanders through my work with many variations. I like to use colors, patterns, textures and structures from nature to create a fusion of organic and man-made forms. I continue to make an intense commitment to the quality of my work and know the limitations of the tools and materials, yet I continue to constantly push the use of these tools and materials to discover new ways of creating with clay.
Much of my knowledge about clay and art has come from instinct, classes, experimenting on my own, and attending workshops over the past 30 years. I am especially grateful for the community college experiences and the dedicated instructors, and for the encouragement of many well-known artists and potters I have had the good fortune to know.
In 1996 I was accepted into the Illinois program. You can find my work at the Rend Lake/Southern Illinois, & Springfield galleries as well as in the Artisan Shop in the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago. I participate in the Illinois Artisan sponsored Art Sprees several times a year which are help in the lobby of the Thompson Center.
My work has been published in...
Handbuilt Ceramics, Lark Books 1997
Ceramic Design Book, Lark Books 1998
Making Ceramic Sculpture, Lark Books 2001
Made in Illinois, An Artisan Gallery, State of Illinois 2001
500 Raku, Lark Books 2011
My work is in the collection of...
Southland Corporation, Dallas Texas
Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Crystal Lake, IL
McHenry County Government Building, Woodstock, IL
McHenry Township Building, Johnsburg, IL
Illinois Artisans Conference Room, State of Illinois Building, Chicago, IL
My work has been in these exhibits...
Die Brucke, exhibit in honor of John Miller & Maia Grotell, 2012, Collin County College, Plano Tx.
Made in Illinois, 2009 Robert Morris Gallery, Springfield, IL
Urban Edges III, 1999, Barrington Area Arts Council Barrington, IL
Graphic Source Art Gallery, one woman show 1998, Barrington, IL
Wads of Clay, 1998, exhibit in honor of John Brough Miller, NCECA, Ft. Worth, TX
7th Annual National Teapot show, 1996 Milwaukee, Wis. & Chicago IL.
Much of my knowledge about clay and art has come from instinct, classes, experimenting on my own, and attending workshops over the past 30 years. I am especially grateful for the community college experiences and the dedicated instructors, and for the encouragement of many well-known artists and potters I have had the good fortune to know.
In 1996 I was accepted into the Illinois program. You can find my work at the Rend Lake/Southern Illinois, & Springfield galleries as well as in the Artisan Shop in the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago. I participate in the Illinois Artisan sponsored Art Sprees several times a year which are help in the lobby of the Thompson Center.
My work has been published in...
Handbuilt Ceramics, Lark Books 1997
Ceramic Design Book, Lark Books 1998
Making Ceramic Sculpture, Lark Books 2001
Made in Illinois, An Artisan Gallery, State of Illinois 2001
500 Raku, Lark Books 2011
My work is in the collection of...
Southland Corporation, Dallas Texas
Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Crystal Lake, IL
McHenry County Government Building, Woodstock, IL
McHenry Township Building, Johnsburg, IL
Illinois Artisans Conference Room, State of Illinois Building, Chicago, IL
My work has been in these exhibits...
Die Brucke, exhibit in honor of John Miller & Maia Grotell, 2012, Collin County College, Plano Tx.
Made in Illinois, 2009 Robert Morris Gallery, Springfield, IL
Urban Edges III, 1999, Barrington Area Arts Council Barrington, IL
Graphic Source Art Gallery, one woman show 1998, Barrington, IL
Wads of Clay, 1998, exhibit in honor of John Brough Miller, NCECA, Ft. Worth, TX
7th Annual National Teapot show, 1996 Milwaukee, Wis. & Chicago IL.