About

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The influence of antiquity completely permeates my contemporary life. My work is influenced by the techniques and styles of ancient Greece, Etruria, religious medieval art, and folk art. I create both paintings and ceramics.

Dogs, mythological beasts, and other animals often appear in my work. I am fascinated by these creatures’ relationship with people, as well as their human characteristics. Extinct animals and life which no longer exists in our world supports the work. I seek to expose them through watercolors floating in a negative space as specimens of a lost world; my watercolors often explore the relationship between different beings in a disappearing world. 

My ceramic work is intricately crafted by hand: first using molds that I have made to form textured elements.  I create a relief out of clay or terracotta, fire it in a kiln, layer on various surface interests, and often fire the piece again. There are echoes of ancient decorative arts in my patterns, glazes, and decoration, linking the past to the present.

I am currently based in both New York and Tuscany; my head in the modern world, and my heart clasping the beauty of the past.