I am self-taught and have been working in ceramics since 1976. My work is slab-built with stoneware clay, decorated with slips and underglaze pencil, and fired to cone 5 in oxidation.
SELECTED SHOWS
1985 – International Ceramics Exhibition, Tapei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
1987 – Clay Treasure Boxes, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
1990 – Time Marches On Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, MI
1992 – Art That Functions Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
1992 – Time Pieces Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University
1994 – FUNctional, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
1995 – Ceramics Northeast Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA
1995 – Berkshire Clay National Maple Hill Gallery, West Stockbridge, MA
1995 – Tile ’95: Concept, Artifact, Ornament Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Awarded “Best of Show”
1996 – Berkshire Clay National Maple Hill Gallery
1997 – The State of Clay Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
1997 – Off the Floor: The Art of the Tile, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, MA
1997 – On/Off the Wall II Potscape Gallery, Erie, PA
1997 – Put a Lid on It Frog Hollow, Vermont State Craft Center
1998 – Feats of Clay Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
1999 – Twenty Years in Northampton Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
1999 – Visual Text: The Written Word Frog Hollow
1999 – It's About Time Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2003 – Wall Works Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2004 – Bottles and Bowls Saratoga Clay Company, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 – Integrity of the Minimal PostPicasso.com.
2005 – Forms and Shapes: The Box AKAR, Iowa City, IA
2005 – Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2006 – SOFA Chicago (International Exposition of Sculptural Objects and Functional Art) Represented by Palette Contemporary Gallery
2007 – Clay on the Wall - 2007 Clay National, Texas Tech University
Awarded “Honorable Mention”
2008 – Tablets: Text and Image in Clay Carbondale, Clay Center, CO
2010 – San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TX
2011 – Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
2014 – Boxes Artisan Gallery, Belleville, WI
Cited:
1997 – Handbuilt Ceramics, Kathy Triplett, Lark Books
1998 – The Ceramic Design Book, Edited Chris Rich, Lark Book
2001 – Making Ceramic Sculpture, Raul Acero, Lark Books
2008 – 500 Tiles, Edited Angelica Poza, Lark Books
2010 – Ceramics Today, Edited Jeffrey Snyder, Schiffer Publishing