Narrative sculpture is my true passion in clay; however, functional pots are my first love and I always find time to make them.  My pots help me unwind and have a little fun in the studio.  They provide a canvas for playful, animated drawings of the wild and domestic animals living in our neighborhood.  As I go to my cupboard for a cup each morning, I know that someone out there is finding one of my cups, filling it with coffee or tea, and enjoying a gift from my home and my hands. 

When I was young I spent every day on horseback, whether I was riding or not.  I felt at home with horses and confident I could go anywhere and do anything from the back of my trusty steed, which was usually a geriatric pony or retired ranch horse who would have rather been dozing in a field than racing around the neighborhood.  On horseback I was a rodeo queen, trick-rider, jockey and Olympian.  My horses were immortal champions, immune to insult or injury.

My work explores the way animals serve us as earthly companions for work and play, as extensions of personal vanity, vehicles for escape, food and clothing.  They are strong as the clay from which they are made; but they are fragile too-like the real living thing.  I am grateful for the life and work they have given me.  Winston Churchill once said “No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.”  I strive to live and make artwork by this credo.