“Nature is my primary inspiration. In our 28 acre wildlife-certified habitat and California native plant garden, I build stoneware sculptures of plants, animals, birds, insects and women from coils and slabs. In recent years I have enjoyed making found object art from aluminum, brass and stainless steel. The scavenged components are old tools, utensils, costume jewelry and house numbers. These whimsical sculptures are of horses, frogs, cats, dogs, giraffes and bulls. Outside my small studio I can see bobcats, hawks, goldfinches on a thistle seed feeder and bluebirds entering and exiting their nesting box. I crank open all the windows and let the breeze flow through.”
