
2003 MFA Ceramics Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1980 BVA Studio Art, Art Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1976 AA Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA
My main objective as a ceramic artist is to create work that is both personal and stimulating enough to draw the viewer in for a closer look. The importance of selecting ceramics as my vehicle for a narrative approach is mainly due to its natural affinity. Ceramics allows me a method of documenting events and experiences that in later years provides a personal story retold with a personal voice.
My work is both thrown on the potter’s wheel and hand-built, processes that provide me with a high degree of control and consequently, a great deal of enjoyment. I use white earthenware or porcelain clay. This offers me a white, smooth background to carry the surface decoration. Each work is decorated with all-ceramic mediums. I am a purist and I enjoy the challenge to stay true to the art and work out solutions to technical problems that may arise. Each work is decorated with airbrushed colored underglazes applied to the bisque ware and then sprayed with a thin coat of clear glaze before being fired in an oxidizing atmosphere; some are re-fired with silk-screened decals and lusters.
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Member
iCAN, Member
American Craft Council, Member
Tannery Row Artist Colony, Associate
Georgia Retired Educators, Member
The Kamm Teapot Collection, Statesville, NC
1000 Years of Porcelain Collection, Jingdezhen, PR China
The Shed Art Club, Facebook Group, Web Page, Banner Art for August 2022 (Image)
Pottery Studio, Facebook Group, Web Page, Banner Art for June 2021, (image)
YouTube Video, May 2021, 10 Great Ideas for Feet, by Ann Ewing Ruel, (image)
Clay Times Magazine, April 2016, Tool Times, by Vince Pitelka, (article & image).
Clay Times Magazine, April 2013, Tool Times, by Vince Pitelka, (article & image).
500 Prints on Clay, an Inspiring Collection of Image Transfer Work, author Paul Andrew Wandless, 2013, Lark Books Publishing, Ashville, North Carolina, (images).
Transfer Imagery on Clay, author Paul Andrew Wandless, 2006, Lark Books Publishing, Ashville, North Carolina, (images).
The Sculpture Reference Book, author Arthur Williams, 2005, Sculpture Books Publishing, Gulfport, Mississippi, (images).
Celebrating 1000 Years of Porcelain in China, Catalog for the “Celebrating 1000 Years of Porcelain in China International Show, Taking Measures II, Jingdezhen, PR China, (image).
500 Cups, author Kathy Triplett, 2004, Lark Books Publishing, Ashville, North Carolina, (image).
Georgia State University, Poster 2004, (image).
Feats of Cay XVI, Catalog for the Feats of Clay XVI 2003 Show, Gladding McBean Gallery, Lincoln, California, (image).
American Art Clay Co., Catalog, January 2003, (image).
Airbrush Action Magazine, March 2002, author, Tracy Poppori, (artist profile, images).
American Patriotism, Catalog for the American Patriotism 2002 Show, Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska (image).
NCEA 2001 regional Juried Exhibition, Poster & Postcard, (image).
Hand-built Tableware, author Kathy Triplett, February 2001, Lark Books Publishing, Asheville, North Carolina, (image).
Making Ceramic Sculpture, author Raul Acero, December 2002, Lark Books Publishing, Asheville, North Carolina, (image).
NICHE Magazine, Spring 2000, NICHE Award Winners, (image).
American Art Clay Co., Inc., Poster, Set of Instructional Posters, October 2000, (image).
The Designer’s Sourcebook 15, The Guild, Art for the Wall, Furniture and Accessories, September 2000, (images).
American Art Clay Co., Inc., Catalog, January 1999 (image).
Clay Times Magazine, June 1988, Volume 4, No. 3, The Gallery, (image).
2023
IMPOSTERS Cup Show 3.0
July 4, 2023
The Hudgens 2023 National Cup Show (2nd Place)
Duluth, GA
Entomophagous Dining (Honorable Mention)
The International Museum of Dinnerware Design,
Ann Arbor, MI
Winter Warmers Cup Show
Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
2022
Fifteenth Annual Cup Show: Form & Function
Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL
Cup: The Intimate Object XVIII
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
6th Annual October Spooktacular
Augusts & Co. Gallery, Augusta, GA
Animalia
Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
2021
Material Mug VI Underglaze
Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
4th National Cup Show
Hudgens Art Center, Duluth, GA
2020
Strictly Functional Pottery National
Lancaster, PA
99 Bottles of Beer (First Place)
The New Studio for the Arts, Jupiter, FL
15 Year Anniversary Show
Tannery Row Artist Colony, Buford, GA
Georgia Artist Exhibition
Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
Spring Juried Art Exhibition (Honorable Mention)
Tannery Row Artist Colony, Buford, GA
2000-2019
2nd National Cup Show (Third Place)
Hudgens Art Center, Duluth, GA
The Endless Cup Show
Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Members Show (Honorable Mention)
Hudgens Art Center, Duluth, GA
Earth Elements (Honorable Mention)
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Teapots Transformed (Invitational)
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Eclectic Visions, Invitational
Morris Museum, Augusta, GA
Big Ideas 1950-1970: Influences in Modern Ceramics (Honorable Mention) (Brent Award)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Teapots Transformed (Invitational) (Purchased by, The Kamm Teapot Collection)
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA)
Pirates vs. Zombies (Invitational)
Mud Fire Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Eclectic Visions, Invitational
Morris Museum, Augusta, GA
The Atlanta Teapot Show
The Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA
The Atlanta Teapot Show0
Mud Fire Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Color III International Exhibition
Period Gallery, Omaha, NB
Teapot Invitational, World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Recent Works by Regional Artist
Morris Museum, Augusta, Georgia
Taking Measure II, NECEA Exhibition Celebrating a 1,000 Years of Porcelain in China (Won Artist Residency in China)
Jingdezhen, PR China
The Spiritual IV International Exhibition (Juror’s Award)
Period Gallery, Omaha, NB
Amaco/Brent NCECA Invitational Exhibition
Indianapolis, Indiana
Brickyard Ceramics NCECA Invitational Exhibit
Indianapolis, Indiana
Rapid Eye Movement Exhibition
Fargason Center Gallery, Anniston, AL
Beneath the Pine Trees (Solo Exhibition)
Atlanta, Georgia
Feats of Clay Exhibition XVI (Purchase Award)
Gladding McBean Gallery, Lincoln, CA
Ceramics Exhibition
Laura A. Sprague Gallery, Joliet, IL
American Patriotism Show (Juror’s Award)
Period Gallery, Omaha, NB
Georgia State University Study Abroad Photography Exhibition, (First Place)
Atlanta, GA
NICHE International Finalist Exhibition (Finalist)
Philadelphia, PA
NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition
Dalton Gallery, Rock Hill, SC
GSU Graduate Student Exhibition at NCECA
Downtown Window Display, Rock Hill, SC
NICHE International Finalist Exhibition (1st Place Functional Ceramics)
Philadelphia, PA
International Orton Cone Box Show
Baldwin City, KA
"Signs of the Times" Plate
"Humpty Dumpty" Teapot
Segers Pottery Tools
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