For me, making art is a bodily experience of Life Force, God, Creation, whatever you want to call it, moving through me.

Creating art is how I understand my inner and outer world. It’s a form of self inquiry for me–an inner exploration that manifests outwardly as self expression.

The outward manifestation interests me less than the inner bodily experience of the creative process, and the insight–and often, healing–that grows from that.

Because of its healing power, I used to say that making art is how I forge order from chaos. But that’s not everything. It’s also how, during the creative process, order and chaos merge as one and become beautiful.

Not just beauty in an aesthetic sense, but the beauty of that felt sense of oneness in my body.

My work is inspired by folk art, and is steeped in personal metaphors and archetypes. Figures, houses, birds and bones breathe life into a lump of clay or a stroke of paint, allowing me to express perceptions beyond the intellect. I am drawn to the paradoxical qualities of fluidity and strength in the material as well as in my spiritual and creative journey.

My sculptures are hand-built, using modified slabs and coils.  I  carve and stamp the surface for texture and apply underglazes, stains, or slips before the work is bisque-fired.  Sometimes I employ an image transfer technique using an old copier with an iron oxide toner cartridge.  I glaze and fire the pieces multiple times, occasionally using raku firing techniques to achieve the desired effect.

My two-dimensional works are created extemporaneously, the way a musician might improvise. I paint to explore my inner world using a more immediate, spontaneous medium.  As I surrender rational control. I enter a space without preconceived ideas. This allows me to fully inhabit the present moment and be curious about what happens next.  When I am open to receive whatever colors or forms instinctively arise, I open a channel for the unconscious to communicate an innate intelligence in a unique, symbolic language.

All of my work springs from my fascination with the humor and power of a life-long journey. Whether through sculpture or painting, my goal is to connect the viewer to the narrative of life, and resonate with discovery and deep inner knowing.