Conversations

Taiko drums, used in ancient Japan, communicated with allies and inspired warriors to battle. Thrilled by the Kodo performing drummers, I was inspired to capture the postures of the drummers and explosive volume and energy of their rhythmical drumming.

Dimensions: 12h x 18w x 2d

Materials: Mixed media – clay, wood, finishes of stains and paint.

Weight Of Time is an undeniable weight carried with the onset of aging. It must be balanced - and embraced.

Dimensions: 22.5h x 10w x 16d – without wall shelf

Materials: paper clay finished with stains, glazes and paint.

Wood shelf: On request

Beetle kill pine, designed and crafted by Craig Demmon.

Wall-piece, bas relief: As a witness to my own life sneaking by, I have an urgency to try to hold back time, to push it away. It occupies the internal and external atmospheres I live in; always manifesting resistance and acceptance.

Dimensions: 12h x 19w x 5d

Materials: paper clay, finished with stains, glazes and paint.

Dialogue reveals an intimate discourse between two people using expressive facial expressions and body language.

Dimensions (inches): 10.5h x 18w x 27d

Materials: Paper clay with surface treatments of stains and acrylic paint.

Dimensions (inches): 10.5h x 18w x 27d

Materials: Paper clay with surface treatments of stains and acrylic paint.

Monologue, sits by herself, contemplating her personal or perhaps more universal concerns. Her mirrored sunglasses, reflect the issues that she internalizes.

Dimensions (inches): 13h x 10.5w x 15d

Materials: Paper clay with surface treatment of stains and acrylic paint.

An interactive piece where the dance of body language is all that is necessary - perhaps silencing the spoken word. This grouping of three interrelated pieces can be repositioned to tell many stories.

Silent, shown on this table, is a collaboration with artist Craig Demmon, whose exquisite pedestal stand and my three dynamic pieces were designed to complement each other in form, texture and color.

Materials Sculptures: paper clay with surface treatments of stains and acrylic paint.

Material Pedestal table: beetle kill pine, designed and crafted by Craig Demmon.

Three Figures and Pedestal are sold separately.

This fun dance piece explores just how dynamic Conversations can be using only legs and feet to communicate.

Materials: paper clay with surface treatments of stains and acrylic paint.

This fun dance piece explores just how dynamic Conversations can be using only legs and feet to communicate.

This fun dance piece explores just how dynamic Conversations can be using only legs and feet to communicate.

Dimensions: Arranged in a 27" diameter the highest point of the three dancers is 16.5"high.

Materials: Paper clay with surface treatment of stains, underglazes and acrylic paint.

Informed by contemporary dance, these three interrelated pieces are part of my Conversations series. Inevitably, when we communicate with other, each expresses a different Point Of View.

Dimensions (inches): 10.5h x 17w x 28d

Materials: Paper clay with surface finishes using stains and acrylic paints.

Stands is made of beetle kill pine and is included with the piece.

Her free spirit, exuberant gesture and vitality define who she is as a woman celebrating life.

Dimensions Including stand (inches): 41h x 31w x 9d

Materials Sculpture: Paper clay finished with glazes, stains and acrylic paint.

Stand, beetle kill pine, designed and crafted by Craig Demmon.

Acknowledging the screaming Voices within herself, how she reacts will determine the path her life will take.

Dimensions (inches): 21h x 11.5w x 15d

Materials: Paper clay finished with glazes, stains and acrylic paint.

This detail of Voices, shows the screaming heads of her emotional self.