My current studio work is in Stoneware and Porcelain that is high fired in a reducing atmosphere. I continue to work on the development of a visual language with form and a color palette that includes assimilated ash glazes on interpreted classical forms. My work has been strongly influenced with a lifetime of field studies to museums in North and South America as well as Europe and Asia. I remain passionate in my quest to communicate a lifetime of exuberance and wonderment through clay. It is my hope that the products of my labor will infuse, emerge and reflect my life’s energy and spirit Every day in my studio is a blessing to my soul. My formal education consists of a B.A. from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, B.F.A. from the University of Kansas and an M.F.A. from the S.U.N.Y. at Alfred. I had the privilege of teaching Art at Memorial High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1968-71 and at the University of Dallas in Irving Texas from 1974 until my retirement in 2017. Since 1974, I have professionally produced functional ceramics as well as architectural ceramics in my Texas studio “Handcrafted Ceramics” . The ceramic work produced has been included in exhibitions, and commissions (U.S. Olympics, HOK & Associates, Laundry & Laundry and O’Neal Ford) as well as private, public, corporate and museum collections throughout the world.
