ABOUT

 

Thank you for your interest in my work and studio practice!

I've been a full-time artist since 2007, and am so grateful for the Studio Friends and collectors who have encouraged and supported my work through the years.

Seems like I've always had ink or clay on my hands. I grew up in my family's newspaper and printing business in the small town of King City, Ca. Getting out the weekly paper on Wednesday nights was a family affair. Creativity was the norm: My grandmother was an artist and writer, my dad was a writer and all of my siblings grew up to be musicians, writers, printers and makers.

I pursued a career in marketing and design and managed a full-service agency prior to finding clay. It happened while taking a drawing class at a community college when I wandered into the campus clay studio – and found a whole new world. I've been exploring its various paths ever since. After exhausting the local clay scene, I took intensive seminars and workshops at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft in Tennessee, Sierra Nevada College in Nevada and Mendocino Art Center in California.