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Over the years, I gravitated towards mosaic as an artistic expression. I enjoy the process of sculpting shapes, collecting recycled glass/ceramics, assembling each mosaic piece. I appreciate that mosaic art can take the form of small objects to treasure or large community projects to share. There is an aspect of ‘putting things together’ that I enjoy in the mosaic creative process – it is intuitive, meditative, destructive/constructive, and transformative. One object becomes something entirely different.
With that said, it is difficult for me to imagine only working in one medium. For many years I watched the ceramic process from afar, learning about form and different methods of firing and glazing by witnessing talented ceramic artists work. I was formally introduced to the unpredictable nature of clay when I began to create clay pieces to incorporate into my mosaic projects. One thing led to another, and I began to explore hand building and the sgraffito process.
Each piece I make somehow influences the next. Subject matter or pattern translates from form to form and gives me new ideas every day. With mosaic artwork I embrace color and with sgraffito/clay I limit color and embrace shape and the illustrative process.
Clay | Sgraffito
Sgraffito Ceramic Wall Box
5" x 6" x 2.5"
Sgraffito Ceramic Wall Box
4" x 7" x 2.5"
Sgraffito Vessel
4" x 4" x 6.5"
Sgraffito Vessel
5" x 5" x 5"
Sgraffito Vessel
5" x 3.75" x 3"
Sgraffito Vessel
5" x 5" x 6"
Sgraffito Vessel
4" x 4" x 3"
Sgraffito Vessel
4.25" x 4" x 4"
Sgraffito Vessel
7" x 7" x 13"
5.5" x 5.5" x 10"
Sgraffito Vessel
6.5" x 6.5" x 11"
Sgraffito Vessel
7" x 4" x 9.5"
Sgraffito Vessel
4.5" x 4.5" x 8.5"
5" x 4.5" x 9"
Clay | Mosaic
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
9" x 9"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
9" x 9"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
9" x 9"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
9" x 9"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Mosaic | Ceramic | Glass
7" x 7"
Education | Groups | Shows
San Jose State University - BA Art
Marin Open Studios - Member 2015 - 2023
Studio Gallery, San Francisco - Tiny Show 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Petaluma Arts Center - Members Show 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
MOS Gallery Show - 2015 - 2023
Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago - 2022
Pence Gallery, Davis - 2022
Marelli Pop-Up Gallery, San Rafael - Step Into My Garden 2023, Mosaic 2025
Aqus Summer Show - Petaluma 2023
Art Escape 'Blue' Show - Sonoma CA 2023
Driven to Abstraction - Sebastapol Center for the Arts 2025
Made By Hand - Marin Society of Artists 2025