I’m a Boston-based artist who fell madly in love with
pottery after many years of working in two dimensions. My art practice has moved
through oil painting, watercolor, charcoal drawing, and collage, always returning
to the figurative world—especially the animals and plants that inhabit our wild
spaces. I joined a ceramics studio to learn how to throw pots so I could draw
on them, and what began as a side project quickly became a transformative new
way of making art. After years of working on paper and canvas meant for hanging
on the wall, ceramics offered something new and irresistible: an object that
could be held, used, and enjoyed as part of everyday life.

My pieces are populated by a regular cast of characters:
owls, rabbits, foxes, deer, hedgehogs, mushrooms, flowers, moons, stars, and
the occasional sea creature. Many of these motifs have been with me since
childhood, rooted in memories of hiking in the woods with my dad, gardening
with my mom, raising butterflies, collecting shells and rocks, poring over
field guides, and drawing what I saw and found in nature. That early reverence
for the natural world still guides everything I do in the studio, and it
continues to shape the work I make today.

Every ceramic piece is made by hand from start to finish. Most
of my vessels are thrown on the wheel, but I also hand build pieces when the
form calls for it. Once the forms are made, I illustrate each surface with
techniques such as sgraffito, underglaze painting, stencils, carving, and wax
resist. I’m especially drawn to high-contrast surface design and the small expressive
details that give each animal its character. In my charcoal portraits, the eyes
are always the heart of the drawing; on pottery, painting an owl’s gaze or a
fox’s face is still the moment when the piece comes alive.

I think of these ceramics as small companions for everyday
life—art that comes off the wall, onto your table, counter, or mantle, and into
your hands. My hope is that each piece brings a little warmth, character, and handmade
care into the spaces where it lands.