I have enjoyed creating art ever since I was a child. When I was ten years old, I was chosen as the representative from my grade school to attend classes at the Kansas City Art Institute. In high school, I was selected to the National Art Honor Society. As an adult, I have had many [...]
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I am a fourth generation artist. My grandmother gave me my first art lessons at age five. And like my grandmother I attended the California College of Arts and Crafts. Later I discovered I like to repurpose found objects. Luckily my brother had taught me to use power tools. So now you can often find [...]
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As a Jewelry Artist, I am inspired to offer a new perspective on what good design can mean in Jewelry crafted from precious elements and unconventional materials such as clay, colorful resin or base metal. Jewelry, that accentuates the wearer’s personality and style, is fashion forward, beautiful yet affordable. Whether classic or contemporary, each piece [...]
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I was born in the Pacific Islands and brought up in Washington, D.C. I received a BFA and an MFA from the University of Arizona. After living in Europe for several years I moved to California and now have a studio in San Mateo. I approach my art without an agenda. I wish for mistakes [...]
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My work is primarily about relationships. Sometimes it is as simple as the relationship between two objects in space or between light and dark or different colors, but usually I use my work as a way of exploring and celebrating relationships that are much more complex. I am interested in the relationships we as human [...]
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In the course of doing much figurative work, combining painting and drawing elements, I “discovered” the world of paper, with its myriad of textures, colors, translucencies. These papers are incorporated into recent mixed media work along with other items such as silk, thread. I begin a work with a vague idea, perhaps a theme, often [...]
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In my photographs I want to capture a rare intimate conversation with the landscape. Many times I will spend hours in a location before I can listen to the landscape. I find landscapes are most expressive in low light, bad weather conditions and those are the times I find myself busy with my camera trying [...]
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I’ve worked in clay since high school, received a BA from Reed college doing sculpture under Erik Gronborg. Then followed graduate work at UC Davis where I received small but meaningful input from Arneson, Wiley, Thiebaud, et al. I love working in clay because it is as close as I can get to poetry. The [...]
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My grandmother Ruth lived on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks and the women of my family spent summers there. I made mud pies in her yard and sold them for a nickel. I’m still doing that! To borrow a quote: “I’m a folk potter; I make pots for folks.” My work is functional stoneware [...]
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