About

As a person, I have always been anxious about everything; I fear taking up space and making mistakes. As an artist, I challenge my usual self by turning my internal thoughts into large, physical objects. Figure drawing and plein air painting were two art-making processes I immediately fell in love with. Sitting and observing, I find it valuable to document small, quiet moments in time. In my ceramic sculptures, I aim to encapsulate these fleeting moments in time.
I create ceramic figurative sculptures that share my perspective on life and my experiences. Childhood memories, femininity, emotions, and nature are all themes that inspire my work. Textural sculptures such as Adrian Arleo’s nature-inspired textures, and Sandy Frank and Janis Mars Wunderlich’s deep, gouging textures all inspire me. I am also captivated by how Ana Mendieta combined the female body and nature, documenting how they interacted.
I build my figures by using coils, creating three-dimensional forms with depth, curves, and shadows, which bring them to life. As I create these pieces, I let the clay flow, working intuitively and viscerally. The forms I create are exaggerated, and I tend to leave fingerprints in the clay, so part of my process is in the finished pieces. With this technique, I can sculpt figures in motion who were created from the inside out by my hands. Clay is an important medium for me because I can participate in all parts of the process, which creates a compelling connection between the finished works and me. As I continue to work on sculpting figures, I aim to capture fleeting, precious, and honest moments of existence.