These figures seem to emerge from an ancient ecology where the boundaries between species have yet to settle. Root and vein, feather and leaf, shell and skin coexist within bodies suspended in continual transformation. Formed in clay, each sculpture bears the traces of its making, allowing the surface to grow organically like weathered bark, coral, or living tissue. They are less portraits than presences, quiet witnesses from a mythology still unfolding, inviting us to imagine a world in which all forms of life remain intimately connected.
White Rabbit 2026
Messenger Between Worlds
In many Eastern European tales, white animals are never ordinary creatures. They appear only where the veil between worlds has grown thin. The White Rabbit serves as a guide for those willing to leave certainty behind. It leads travelers through forgotten paths where time folds upon itself and every choice reshapes the landscape. Those who follow it are never the same upon returning.
ceramic sculpture
size: 12" h x 10" w x 6" d
She Heard A Whisper, 2024
Ceramic sculpture
The Voice of the Forest
There are whispers carried only by moss, branches, and the hidden creatures beneath fallen leaves. The old storytellers believed that those who wandered the forest alone at dusk might hear voices that could never be spoken aloud. The figure listens, not with her ears, but with the quiet places within herself. The creatures growing from her body are the forest answering her call, revealing that humans were never separate from the wild, only temporarily forgetful.
size: 13"h x 11"w x 8.5"d
Bliss, 2025
The Awakening
Long before names were given to rivers or mountains, the First Dreamer opened her eyes beneath the roots of the World Tree. It is said that her thoughts became birds, her breath became wind, and her hands learned to shape the unseen currents binding every living thing together. The hands surrounding her are not servants but ancient companions, guiding the delicate balance between creation and memory. In Hungarian folklore, forests remember every promise ever spoken; Bliss marks the moment that memory first awakened and the living world began to dream.
Head Size: 8" h x 8"w x 7"d
Hand- small size: 7"dx 8"w x 9"h
large hand size: 12" h x 6"w x 6"d
Verdant Reverie
Ceramic sculpture
large figure Size: 12” h x 9” l x 8” w smaller figure size: 5" h x 7" w x 4" d
Communion
Two hybrid beings emerge as though they have grown from the same living organism, their bodies unfurling like leaves while retaining unmistakably human expressions. Their faces convey contemplation rather than certainty, suspended in a moment between awakening and metamorphosis. The larger figure rises protectively from a vessel-like body, while the smaller companion appears nestled beside it, suggesting themes of kinship, memory, and shared consciousness.
Organic, ruffled forms bloom outward like foliage, dissolving the boundaries between flesh and plant. Copper-toned edges trace each undulating surface, emphasizing the sculpture's rhythmic movement and evoking veins, roots, and the life-giving energy that flows through all living things. Rich green glazes, layered with subtle blues and earthen browns, create the impression of weathered bark, moss, oxidized metal, and new growth, allowing the surface to feel simultaneously ancient and alive.
The intertwined horn-like forms crowning each figure hint at mythological archetypes and the cyclical forces of nature, suggesting beings that exist beyond conventional distinctions between human, animal, and plant. Rather than depicting transformation as a dramatic event, the sculpture presents it as an ongoing state of becoming—a quiet evolution in which identity is fluid and interconnected.
Communion reflects on the invisible relationships that bind all forms of life. It invites viewers to contemplate a world in which consciousness extends beyond the individual and where beauty emerges through interdependence, growth, and the continual dissolution of boundaries between self and nature.
Title: Sacred Space, 2024
The Hidden Grove
Deep within the oldest forests lies a place no map can reveal. It appears only to those who have learned to move gently through the world. Here the boundaries between animal, tree, and human dissolve into a single living presence. This sanctuary is not a destination but a state of being, a reminder that the sacred has always existed beneath our hurried footsteps.
Ceramic sculpture
size: 8.5” h x 9.5” l x 7.5” w
Title: Evelyn
Ceramic sculpture
size: 12” h x 10” l x 10” w
A human visage slowly unfolds from a flowering botanical form, suspended in the delicate threshold between concealment and revelation. Petal-like structures envelop the face as though nature itself is giving birth to consciousness, their soft, fractured edges suggesting both vulnerability and continual transformation. The figure neither fully emerges nor remains hidden, existing instead within a perpetual state of becoming.
The luminous white glaze lends the sculpture an ethereal, almost porcelain-like presence, emphasizing purity, silence, and introspection. In contrast, an intertwined ring of deep green vines encircles the base, grounding the figure within the living world. The braided forms evoke roots, tendrils, and the unseen networks that sustain all life, reminding us that identity does not arise in isolation but through an intimate relationship with the natural world.
The serene expression resists narrative certainty. Rather than depicting a specific individual, the sculpture embodies an archetypal moment of awakening—a consciousness emerging from organic matter while remaining inseparable from it. Human, flower, and vine become manifestations of the same living force, dissolving traditional distinctions between self and environment.
Emergence reflects on transformation as an enduring condition rather than a completed event. It invites viewers to contemplate the quiet processes through which identity, memory, and spirit continually evolve, suggesting that beneath the visible forms of nature lies a shared consciousness connecting all living beings.
Annual Community Exhibition Manhattan Beach Art Center
Exhibition Schedule: July 24 through October 4, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, July 24 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Bliss (The Awakening), 2025
Long before names were given to rivers or mountains, the First Dreamer opened her eyes beneath the roots of the World Tree. It is said that her thoughts became birds, her breath became wind, and her hands learned to shape the unseen currents binding every living thing together. The hands surrounding her are not servants but ancient companions, guiding the delicate balance between creation and memory. In Hungarian folklore, forests remember every promise ever spoken; Bliss marks the moment that memory first awakened and the living world began to dream.
Head Size: 8" h x 8"w x 7"d
Hand- small size: 7"dx 8"w x 9"h
large hand size: 12" h x 6"w x 6"d
https://www.artrewards.net/artworks/bliss-2