ABOUT

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).