As an artist working by the sea in a community where science, technology, and mechanical engineering compliment geography, it’s no wonder I do what I do. Particularly, I’ve learned:

  • accept weather
  • respect tides
  • appreciate impermanence
  • say thank you a lot
Childhood ocean play, a college degree in fine arts, a ceramics independent study in 1970, and 35 years experimenting with clay, glaze, and fire. Yes… I earn my living doing this work. How?

An article by artist/composer Brian Eno in Wired Magazine May 1995 supported my marketing strategy, especially when I had few materials and low success rates. Eno said, “The process we call art is happening elsewhere, in areas that might be called by other names.” “The traditional sites for art activity seem to be losing their power, while new sites for art are becoming powerful. We have been looking for art in the wrong places.” In 2008, where is the process we call art happening, and what are we calling it?

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“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that
have been hidden by the answers.”
James Baldwin