I create, therefore I am. When I am working on my art is when I am most complete. The sculptures and drawings I make originate from my emotions. They represent moments and movements in time.  In my work I address the profound strength and beauty in women and in life.

I’ve been playing in the mud since I was a little girl.  The very first sculpture I remember making was a cube out of silly putty when I was in nursery school.  I am most comfortable and at home in my studio with a piece of clay in my hand surrounded by the world I create with my own sculptures. 

I am influenced by the rawness and power of African Art, the melancholic, macabre quality of German Expressionist art, and I am completely enthralled with High Renaissance sculpture-especially Michelangelo, whose work I finally visited in Florence and Rome in the summer of 2006.  When I encountered his magnificent sculptures I was overcome with emotion that I had never felt before.  It was a transforming experience for me.

I teach ceramics full time at American River College in Sacramento, CA and I am also inspired by my students.  Getting to know them, turning them on to clay and getting them in touch with their creativity is fulfilling.