Self portrait. My very 1st assignment in Ceramics I, Fall 2014.
A keeper from 2016 Wood Fire Conference at Waubonsee College
The Quiet Place. Front entrance and the ornamental fish pond at our home. Slab built garden pedestal using bisque fired carved slab mold.
Spirit Vase. Reduction cooled wood firing with Lindsay Oesterritter in Summer 2021.
Submissions to 2020 Juried Skyway Art Exhibition. Ginkgo bowl made it to the final virtual show, during the COVID lockdown.
Local Art Exhibition at Aurora University during COVID lockdown
Slab built, wood fired with Oribe glaze
“Freedom Together” It takes the Tin Man looking for his heart, to tell us how to find our. Teapot assignment during COVID.
Football Teapot Slab built with custom slump mold Bare clay wood fired
The Unloading! The climax of every wood firing!
The big one! My largest wheel thrown form. Actually incrementally thrown with added coils.
First commission. Thanks to Pat Lagger, a lifetime artist and master of encaustic paintings. 2022.
“Harvest Moon Landing!” One of the first moon forms at start of playing with moon jars in summer of 2021.
Gold luster in my toolbox.
“Original Sin” Trying to make sense of reality.
Koi #5 at home. Learnings inherited from 4 ancestors.
Moon jar - Wood Salt Fired at Waubonsee College 2023
Bird House with built in NestCam
“Full Harvest” Award of Excellence. 2023 Skyway Juried Art Exhibition.
Koi #6 At the final 2023 Skyway Juried Art Exhibition.
Koi #6 honored to be on the cover of the annual Horizon magazine of Waubonsee College.
“Falling Leaf” At the final 2023 Skyway Juried Art Exhibition .
Large moon jar fired at throat arch at the wood-firing workshop with Linda Christianson's workshop at River Song train kiln 2023
Bird on a moon jar! First bird after workshop with De Bada Maloney.
Fine line to create pattern as seen in work by Mathew Arnold in Instagram posts, married with a favorite liner of sprayed Rutile Blue over Peach Bloom glazes.
More fine line play, this time adding my own touch to create waves.
More original fine line strokes!
Unique Works
Sparks of idea from
Something I saw
Something I was thinking about
Something out of the blue