ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Every piece of art I make begins with a story. Whether I find it in myth, religion, psychology or a scrawl of graffiti, story drives me as an artist and gives me the energy to transform blocks of clay into sculptures, often life-sized.
I don’t choose stories so much as they choose me. When they do, words intermingle with images in my head, and I record both with quick scribbles and sketches. If a story grabs me with urgency, I might start a piece of art the same day; other times I return to ideas years later.
The figure is my vessel – typically human, sometimes animal. Usually I make the complete figure, but sometimes I just make the head as the center of emotion and communication. Gesture, expression and interaction are my vocabulary. Repetition and collage are my chapters and verses. Clay is my medium, sometimes combined with found objects that carry their own stories.
I build my pieces completely by hand, using stiff slabs and hand-formed coils. My style is an abstracted realism that generally follows human proportion, but from which I freely deviate, and I love to leave traces of handbuilding and other “imperfections.” I am drawn to glazes and surfaces that quieten and unify the pieces.
My artwork, like me, is often called quiet. I hope that my art is soulful and meaningful. If it is, then I have accomplished what I set out to do as an artist.
Education
Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX, Certificate of Achievement in Ceramics, 2015
University of Texas at Austin, M.A
University of Houston, B.A.
Selected Exhibitions & Projects
2025
“Kirk & David” – Site specific outdoor installation at The Jung Center of
Houston. From Nov. 1, 2025 through Oct. 31, 2026.
“Off the Box” – Juried group exhibition at Glassell Studio School, September, 2025.
2023
“The Flock” – Site specific installation for Elyson master-planned community, Katy, Texas, 2023.
“Texas Dimensional: Fine Art In Three Dimensions” – San Antonio Art League Museum.
2022
“Found & Made” – Archway Gallery, solo exhibition. September, 2022.
2021
“Some Things Just Hurt” – Bosque Gallery, Lone Star College – Cy-Fair. March, 2021
“Altamira, Sculpture Month Houston” – Site Gallery, The Silos at Sawyer Yards. October, 2021.
2020
“Art for Food” - online auction of approx. 15 small artworks supporting Houston Food Bank during the Covid 19 pandemic.
2019
“True North 2019” – Heights Boulevard Art Project. Selected artist for this outdoor sculpture exhibit, on view from March-December 2019.
“Ancestors” – Jung Center, Houston. September, 2019.
2018
“Fayetteville Clay Invitational,” Red & White Gallery, Fayetteville, Texas.
“Come Together: A Sawyer Yards Collaborative Exhibition,” Winter Street Studios, Houston.
“Real / Surreal: A Juried Exhibition,” Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston
2017
“Fired Up: Sculpture from the Silos,” Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston
2016
“Rorpost: An International Art Collaboration Project,” Art Car Museum, Houston & Town Hall, Esbjerg, Denmark
“8th Annual Juried Exhibition,” Archway Gallery, Houston
“Bark at the Art: Highland Lakes SPCA Benefit,” Marta Stafford Fine Art, Marble Falls, TX
2015
“Art in 3 Dimensions,” Centro Cultural Atzlan, San Antonio, TX
“Community Supported Art, Round 2,” Fresh Arts, Houston, TX
“Certificate of Achievement Exhibition,” Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
“596 Miles,” International Women’s Foundation, Marfa, TX
2014
“Award Winners Exhibition,” Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
“Flywheel: Clay & Found Objects,” Marta Stafford Fine Art, Marble Falls, TX
2013
“Dog Is Good: A Solo Exhibition,” Buchanan Gallery, Galveston Island, TX
“Roughneck: A Juried ClayHouston Exhibition,” NCECA 2013 @ Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
“Sculpture Vision: An Outdoor Ceramics Invitational,” NCECA 2013 @ Lone Star College – North Harris
2012
“Layover: Houston Airport System Portable Artwork Collection Preview,” Houston Arts Alliance – Alliance Gallery
“Seasons In Ash,” sculpture installation, Art League Houston
Collections
Houston Airport System – Portable Works Collection
Armadillo Clay Company, Austin, TX
International Women’s Foundation, Marfa, TX
Marta Stafford Fine Art, Marble Falls, TX
Publications
“500 Figures in Clay, Volume 2,” Lark Books (2014)
