Artist Statement
In my art I love to explore why and how objects create meaning. Ceramic art on the wall means one thing, and a ceramic vessel in your hand or installed in your bathroom, approaches meaning differently. I love it all.
Creating a series of objects is how I explore, grouping similar objects together in conversation. Mostly, I’ve chosen clay as my medium. Clay can capture the gesture of an instant and preserve it far beyond one human life. I’ve also chosen time and performance as a medium because an object creates meaning when we interact with it, and to make that interaction part of the “art” interests me.
With each series I seek answers to questions of the heart, investigating the things that haunt me, taunt me, and trouble me. My arteries are carrying unknown things that seek release, resolve, understanding, acceptance, and integration. My way of knowing them is to ask them what objects they want to make and what situations those objects inhabit. While each series can be wildly different, I hope they all carry some cohesive thread, inviting the viewer in to explore. Sensuality, orality, the body, parenting, child rearing, infantilism, grief, retreat/hibernation, healing, and menopause, are all themes I enjoy investigating.