Monday, February 6, 2012

Me

Artist
Teacher
Mother of 3
This picture is about ten years old now, seems harder and harder to find a nice picture of myself!  I'll update it someday.

Mr. Sun

This is one of my personal favorites.  It was a spur of the moment idea, they tend to be my best, and I finished it in about 3 hours.  I had some clay in the garage and felt the need to create!  This was before I had a slab roller so I created the slab by throwing it at an angle on the (clean) garage floor.  Covered a large alluminum bowl with strips of newspaper (to allow movement and avoid cracking), draped the slab over it and this is what came out.  I had no preconcieved ideas, my best work seems to come from the creative process, not from big plans. 

The piece measures about 2' in diameter
When I sculpt I prefer Cone 6 Raku clay-lots of grog for strength and less shrinkage.
A few appendages have been lost over the years but he has survived all three kids and MANY moves.

Female Profile


6' by 5' Oil Painting


Hand Carved Ceramic Ivy Bowl


Oil Painting


Priority Mail Box





Spiderman Box







Shel Silverstein Box





Alice in Wonderland Box






My Kids











Minotaur





I made this mask for my son Sean when he was in 4th grade as part of a school project.  The model in these pictures is actually my older son Clayton.

Father's Day Box

This was a gift for my husband.  I worked on it off and on for about a year.

Custom Chucks


Beach Drawings


Evolving Hand


Profile


Paint it Black


commisioned "The Boys"


Pointalist portrait Daddy's Little Girl

This was a gift for my Dad.  I did the drawing in about 14 hours. 

Calvin and Hobbes Box