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 of a particular vessel. Certain attitudes have emerged from the mass of ideas and information I have collected and 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 committment to the quality of my work and know the limitations of the tools and materials, yet I 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 experience and the dedicated instructors, and for the encouragement of many well-know and gifted artists and potters I have had the good fortune to know.
In 1996 I was accepted into the Illinois Artisan 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 held 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
My work is in the collection of...
Southland Corporation, Dallas, Texas
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Crystal Lake, Illinois
McHenry County Government Building, Woodstock, Illinois
McHenry County Township Building, Johnsburg, Illinois
My work has been in these exhibits...
"Made in Illinois" 2009, Robert Morris Gallery, Springfield, Illinois
"Urban Edges III" 1999, Barrington Area Arts Council, Barrington Illinois
Graphic Source Art Gallery, one woman show 1998 - Barrington, Illinois
"Wads of Clay" 1998, exhibit in honor of John Brough Miller, NCECA (Fort Worth, Texas"
"7th Annual National Teapot Show" 1996, Milwaukee, Wisconsin & Chicago, Illinois
Northwest Area Arts Council "Members Show", Woodstock, Illinois
1995, 1996 Honorable Mention
1998 Purchase Award
"Acres of Art" 1995, Crystal Lake, Illinois - Best of Sculpture
"Women's Works" 1995, National Show of art, Woodstock, Illinois - purchase award
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 experience and the dedicated instructors, and for the encouragement of many well-know and gifted artists and potters I have had the good fortune to know.
In 1996 I was accepted into the Illinois Artisan 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 held 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
My work is in the collection of...
Southland Corporation, Dallas, Texas
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Crystal Lake, Illinois
McHenry County Government Building, Woodstock, Illinois
McHenry County Township Building, Johnsburg, Illinois
My work has been in these exhibits...
"Made in Illinois" 2009, Robert Morris Gallery, Springfield, Illinois
"Urban Edges III" 1999, Barrington Area Arts Council, Barrington Illinois
Graphic Source Art Gallery, one woman show 1998 - Barrington, Illinois
"Wads of Clay" 1998, exhibit in honor of John Brough Miller, NCECA (Fort Worth, Texas"
"7th Annual National Teapot Show" 1996, Milwaukee, Wisconsin & Chicago, Illinois
Northwest Area Arts Council "Members Show", Woodstock, Illinois
1995, 1996 Honorable Mention
1998 Purchase Award
"Acres of Art" 1995, Crystal Lake, Illinois - Best of Sculpture
"Women's Works" 1995, National Show of art, Woodstock, Illinois - purchase award
