I make decorative ceramic art influenced by turn-of-the-century trimmings of the Victorian era, an era whose ornamentation and architectural remnants embellish the streetscapes of historic districts in towns of the Gold Rush Territory that surround me.  They are echoes of a flourishing past.  There once was a thirst for loveliness here.  These places revered a culture of craftsmanship, and that culture left bits of beauty everywhere.  My work is wheel-thrown and altered, frequently carved, using various clay bodies and earthenware glazes.  Aesthetically, I look for relationships between structure and embellishment, whimsical detail and fine craftsmanship.  I believe in beauty and pushing the limits of purpose.  I delight in challenging the notions of functionality as a necessary feature of pottery and suggest that beauty, in itself, is a valid function.  I am committed to the belief that, as in life, making art is always a negotiation, and hopefully a joyful exchange.  
​It's there that I find my center.