Piece of Mind began in 2021, and is comprised of an assortment of media - slate shards, steel scraps, clay, wire, found objects and my signature humans being. These sculptural essays echo the power of pieces while addressing issues of freedom, self-reflection, identity, the unhoused and the theater of life. They demonstrate how brokenness of materials and life can be made whole again and reinvented toward a positive state of tranquility and inner peace.
Personal experiences in the field of archaeology, alongside my sculptural expressions of the human condition, have propelled this ongoing series. Southwestern shards of clay unearthed during excavations, spawned curiosity and intrigue. Who were the potters? Were the vessels used for cooking, storing, ceremonies or aesthetics? Indeed, the maker’s peace of mind, together with his or her fingerprints are embedded in the hardened clay surface, once malleable. When I touch a shard, I feel the soul of the artist.
My student artists coiled clay pots during projects offered in my 33 year teaching career. In their favorite workshop, Wise Cracks, they bisque fired their pots and then courageously broke them. These fragments were then colored by either fuming or reduction (smoking processes which generate unpredictable hues and patterns), painting or glazing. Lastly, the students meticulously reassembled their vessels using epoxy. The results were stunning new pots with networks of cracks and gaps between the pieces. The potteries symbolized our ability to reassemble the cracks in our lives with wisdom, perseverance and creativity, towards the attainment of peace of mind.
Who I Am
Slate, Mirrors, Clay 20 x 12 x 11’
Who I Am, detail
Who I Am, side view
Who I Am, side view
Who I Am, rear view
Who I Am, aerial view
Slate, steel and clay 16 x 7 x 6”
Slate, Steel, Clay, Key Plate, Key and Chain
25 x 11 x 9”
Slate, Steel, Clay, Glass Orbs 12 x 9 x 8’
The Coronavirus Pandemic (Covid-19) of 2020 has spread around our world, changing daily life dramatically. We may feel DESPAIR at times with the lack of normalcy, and need for social distancing and masking. Simultaneously, during this global public health crisis, we may feel HOPE that this disease will be eradicated through vaccines and an awareness of our common humanity. This duo of wall sculptures is a portrayal of contrasting human emotions during these tumultuous times. My signature figures “taking flight” from the pandemic on hand-built ceramics finalize my pandemic sculptures of 2020-2022.
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Handbuilt Ceramics, Underglaze Pencils and Clear Glaze, 11 x 15”
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Exodus, in the round…
Exodus, in the round
Exodus, in the round…
Exodus, in the round…
Exodus, in the round…
Handbuilt Ceramics, Black Matte and Crackle Glazes, 13 x 14 x 14’
Created between 2017 and 2020, Rhythm and Hues is a playful pursuit of two-dimensional media, namely printmaking, drawing and mixed media. A departure from sculpting, the manipulation of new and different materials has been wonderfully adventurous and unpredictable. What remains unyielding is my subject of humans being, here in a melodic and jovial dance of life.
Mixed Media - Rubbing, Drawing, Colored Pencils, Layered Archival Papers 31 x 25”
Mixed Media - Rubbing, Drawing, Mounted on Ink Washed Paper 24 x 18”
Mixed Media - Rubbing, Drawing, Colored Pencils, Ink Wash 16 x 20”
Mixed Media - Rubbing, Colored Pencils, Collage, Acrylic Paint on Archival Paper 29 x 32”
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Rubbing, Drawing, Colored Pencils 30 x 16”
Rubbing/Drawing 33 x 27”
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Rubbing/Drawing 36 x 20”
Rubbing/Drawing/Ink Wash 29 x 18”
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Mixed Media - Printmaking, Rubbing, Mounted Archival Papers 17 x 14”
Mixed Media - Drawing, Marbelized Stonghenge Mounted on Archival Board 17 x 14”
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Collograph 18 x 17”
Rubbing/Drawing 9 x 8”
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Copper Etching 16 x 22”
Drawing, Micron Pens On Nishinouchi Natural paper Mounted, Mulberry Paper Embedded With Music Paper 44 x 34”
aMUSEments are sculptural tonics, inviting the viewer to sip the humor and be entertained. Certain sculptures such as Looped respond kinetically to a gentle touch while the physical space of others such as Spinning and Uplifting is dramatically augmented by cast shadows. Figures perform whimsical feats of equilibrium and multiple tasks. parTIES, while exclusive of human form are vibrantly brimming with animated human spirit. The stained neckties hint to the whereabouts and goings-on of the wearer. aMUSEments may be experienced as a reprieve, where global trials, human afflictions and the sting of reality are silenced by humor, celebration and delight. This extensive series in ceramics and steel including parTIES and pARTy hats were created between 2001-2010
Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Marbled 12 x 8 x 4”
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Ceramic Sculpture, Painted and Marbled 14 x 8 x 8”
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Ceramic Sculpture, Painted and Marbled
Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Marbled 16 x 6 x 4”
Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Marbled 12 x 11 x 5”
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Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Marbled 8 x 12 x 4”
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Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Painted and Marbled 17 x 10 x 4”
Ceramic Wall Sculpture Painted and Marbled 17 x 10 x 4”
Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Painted and Marbled 19 x 10 x 4”
Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Painted and Marbled 19 x 10 x 4”
Ceramic Wall Sculpture , Painted and Marbled 17 x 9 x 5”
Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Painted and Marbled 17 x 9 x 5”
Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Painted 18 x 9 x 4”
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Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Painted 18 x 9 x 4”
Sculpture, Enamel Painted Steel 80 x 32 x 40”
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Painted Steel 70 x 22 x 17”
Sculpture, Enamel Painted Steel 64 x 40 x 13'“
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Painted Steel 27 x 16 x 20”
Sculpture Installation, Enamel Painted Steel, Rubber Ball
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Sculpture, wood and ceramic figures, painted 22 x 26 x 16”
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Sculpture, Enamel Painted Steel 66 x 36 x 36”
Sculpture, Enamel Painted Steel 66 x 36 x 36”
Sculpture, Steel 30 x 14 x 24”
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Sculpture, Steel 19 x 15 x 23” in a 33” Metal Ring
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Sculpture, Steel 14 x 19 x 8”
Sculpture, Steel
Welcome to a place where collectivity transcends blindness and boundary. Human beings in halted moments, in shadow boxes, bird cages, and theatrical-like tableaux invite the arousal of our humanness. The body remains the pivotal vehicle of my visual poetry.
Humans Being, created from 1996 - 2000 is about Human Nature: complex, diverse and mysterious. In concert, Mother Nature furnishes me with a marketplace of earthen media: clay, wood and metal. These, integrated with found or orphaned treasures and modeled ceramic figures, are colored with fire, smoke, time and occasionally pigment. Compositions become commentaries on everyday issues, behaviors, virtues, shortcomings and relationships.
Assemblage 24 x 22 x 5” Private Collection
Awarded National Medal of Honor for Sculpture & Amelia Peabody Award in NYC
from National Association of Women Artists 1998
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Sculpture, Ceramic Figures, Fumed Wooden Frame 21 x 19 x 5”
Wall Sculpture, Ceramic Figures, Chair Fragment 24 x 19 x 5
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Wall Sculpture, Ceramic Figures, Furniture Pieces, Cloth 18 x 15 x 5
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Sculpture, Ceramic Figures, Recycled Bird Cage, Stained Plexiglass
21 x 19 x 12” Private Collection
Sculpture. Ceramic Figures, Recycled Bird Cage 20 x 14 x 16”
Assemblage, Ceramic Figure, Found Objects 14 x 12 x 9 1/2”
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Wall Sculpture, ceramic Figure and Bird, Wooden Box, Screen
13 x 6 x 5” Private Collection
Wall Sculpture, ceramic Figures, Hand-built Shadow Box, Interior Lights
12 x 15 x 6” Private Collection
Hanging Sculpture. Ceramic Figures, Wood, Chains
46 x 48 x 12” Private Collection
Sculpture, Ceramic Figures Painted, Steel Rods 12 x 14 x 14”
Sculpture, Ceramic Figures, Painted, Plastic Tubes, Resin 20 x 17 x 8
Wall Shadow Box, Ceramic Figures Painted, Photo, Glass Orbs, Resin
10 x 10 x 2”
Outdoor Sculpture, Steel 6’3” x 5’8” x 6’
Assemblage Sculpture, Glazed Ceramic Figures, 33 x 22 x 8”
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Rear View, detail
Front View, detail
Our miscellaneous mood swings - our wavering states of mind add joie de vivre to our whirling festival of life. Mood Swings is a series of kinetic wall sculptures sold exclusively at THE WIT GALLERY in historic Lenox, MA. Clay figures are modeled, fired and colored with several layers of acrylic paint or ceramic glaze. Driftwood seats hang from branches and black steel chains. All connecting hardware is concealed within the wood. Mood Swings average between 35-40” high, projecting 5-9” from the wall, inviting and enabling motion. The branches rest atop custom made steel brackets.
First exhibited at the former Artworks Gallery in Hartford, CT in 2000, their popularity stirred me to continue modeling humankind’s emotional ebbs and flows. For further information, visit https://www.thewitgallery.com
Mood Swings #44
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SITuations zooms in on locations, events and circumstances surrounding or affecting human beings. The assortment of occupied seating coupled with a hodgepodge of body types, postures, activities and behaviors may “ring a bell” with the viewer. The sculptures are topped off with titles inspired by my frequent use of puns which augment everyday happenings. SITuations spanned from 2007-2010.
Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Glazed 8 x 8 x 2”
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Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Glazed 8 x 8 x 2”
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Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Glazed 8 x 8 x 2”
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Ceramic Sculpture, Acrylic Glazes 24 x 18 x 11 “
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Ceramic Sculpture, Acrylic Glazes 14 x 18 x 11”
Side View
Rear View
Steel Painted With Autobody Enamel, Ceramic Figures Painted With Acrylic Glazes
6’ x 8’ x 22”
Wall Sculpture, Clay with Acrylic Glazes, Wood
56 x 10 x 16” Private Collection
Created between 1993-1995, this sculpture collection is rooted in a bewildering confessional experience that happened to me in 1970. The series includes the seven capital sins, a grouping of vices within Christian teachings: avarice, gluttony, pride, lust, sloth, wrath and envy.
Accompanying these are eight penance wall reliefs and a monumental rosary. Each sin represents imprudent and noxious human conduct. With clay, layers of oil pigments and a hum of dark humor, I modeled our humanness through facial expressions and postures. This global body language traverses the boundaries of formal religion and invites wonder and reverie.
Ceramic Sculpture, Oil Pigments 49 x 19 x 22”
Ceramic Sculpture, Oil Pigments 40 x 13 x 15”
Ceramic Sculpture, Oil Pigments 45 x 17 x 24”
Ceramic Sculpture - Oil Pigments 24 x 32 x 16”
Ceramic Sculpture, Oil Pigments 39 x 13 x 16”
Ceramic Sculpture
51 x 22 x 22”
Ceramic Sculpture, Oil Pigments
Figure - 37 x 22 x 20” Tower - 40 x 18 x 18”
Ceramic Sculpture Installation, Oil Pigments, Wood, Rope 10’4” x 6’ x 8’
Wall Sculpture - Oil Pigments - Screen, 17 x 16 x 8”
Wall Sculpture - Oil Pigments - Screen, 22 x 16 x 6”
Wall Sculpture - Oil Pigments - Wax, 18 x 16 x 4”
Wall Sculpture - Oil Painted - Wax, 20 x 17 x 4”
Wall Sculpture - Oil Pigments - Wax, 21 x 17 x 4”
Wall Sculpture - Oil Pigments - Screen - Wax
20 x 18 x 4”
Wall Sculpture - Oil Pigments - Wax, 19 x 18 x 4”
Wall Sculpture - Oil Pigments - Wax, 20 x 18 x 6”
Ceramic Sculpture, Acrylic Paint 15 x 13.5 x 6.5”
Commissioned by a Photographer, Private Collection
Ceramic Sculpture, Acrylic Glazed 23 x 15 x 14”
Commissioned as a rememberance “portrait” of a deceased Father. Private Collection
Ceramic Sculpture, Acrylic Paint 17.5 x 7.5”
Commissioned as a gift for a spouse. Private Collection
Ceramic Sculpture, Acrylic Paint - Private Collection
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Ceramic Sculpture, Acrylic Paint, 14 x 9 x 11”
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