I started college as an adult in Phoenix, Ariz.  While working full time and going to school evenings full time I decided I needed to do something to relax.  I signed up for a non credit pottery class.  Although the class was very basic in techniques I fell in love with clay.  I then enrolled in credited classes and the adventure began.  When raku firing was introduced I knew I had found my passion in life. That was 20 yrs ago.  I finished my education in Northeastern Arizona majoring in social work.  But my heart was in the clay. I was guest speaker/demonstrator throughout Arizona with my 55 gal oil barrel raku kiln. I still love to see people’s faces as the flames shoot and the smoke rolls!

I moved to Tennessee in 1992 and started on the long road of establishing myself by doing art shows all over the state. I have won numerous awards at these shows.  My work is displayed in several galleries across the United States.

I have been published in Ceramics Monthly and Northern Flight Fine Art magazines.  I was also interviewed for the Tennessee Magazine which was published in Oct of 2002.

I love hand building more than throwing.  I mix all my own glazes from recipes I have used for years. I love the spontaneous color bursts and movement in these glazes.  In Ariz I did dig my own clay but don’t do that now!!!!!  As a young girl I loved to make mud pies and as a big girl I still love making mud pies but now I call it art!!!!

GALLERY