My ceramic wall art is about energy.  Whether focused in a single form, or gathered in a grouped composition, the works embody my belief that life is about the constant swirl, flow and transfer of energies. Some convey movement while others exude stillness, in all my pieces, I try to encapsulate a force of life and spirit.

I’m curious about the evocative nature of shapes, colors, surfaces, and the poetic power of compositions. When looking at art, I’m most profoundly moved standing in front of abstract paintings. There’s a purity to looking at things on a wall. You just look.  And perhaps, have a moment of pause. Of thought. Of connection. Of a sense of fullness.

Clay as a medium is often associated with functionality and utilitarianism, while art usually is not. Beauty, being an innate intuition to create and share, I use clay to make works for the wall to look at, and live with, in the belief that art is necessary to the balance of life, and most certainly serves a function of nourishing the soul.

I gravitate towards abstraction for universal reach and reduction for clarity, and use basic ceramic processes and techniques.  Works are made from rolled out slabs of light colored earthenware clay, fired in an electric kiln and finished with kaolin terrasigillata, slips, and commercial glazes. I have two sons in college (children and clay are uncannily similar - both are intensely time sensitive, require focused commitment, attention, and care, are moldable but only to a certain extent), and work in a studio in Long Island City, Queens shared with my favorite artist husband Zilvinas Kempinas.

I was born and raised in New York and have a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia College, Columbia University, a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and an MFA from Hunter College, City University of New York. I spent a year in Japan on a Fulbright exploring the world of Japanese ceramics while focusing on the avant-garde ceramic group, Sōdeisha, and its founder, Yagi Kazuo.