My work features clay sculptures predominately depicting portals or gateways leading the viewer on a journey.
I’ve been inspired by dreams and my travels to ancient and sacred sites on this continent and abroad. The mystery evoked by partially hidden doors and steps curving beyond sight has always drawn me. I am reminded of possibility and choice, each path a different future, each door opening to another experience.
My sculptures are most often Raku fired. This method produces lustrous metallic and crackle glazes against a black clay body which creates the sense of mystery I want to achieve.
Although my work comes from my own experiences and observations, the intent is to inspire the viewer’s imagination and inner vision.
I invite you to come closer, experience the mystery, enter another world and imagine…
Ashland Art Works 