The work that I have produced recently consists of clay sculptures and vessels, linoleum prints and combinations of clay and prints. Much of my work relies on day-to-day events that I express through a variety of images on clay and paper. Initially, I apply swirling brush strokes to the clay or linoleum surface. I then look into this expressive surface and figures and objects appear, just as people sometimes imagine objects in the clouds. By using this technique, I feel that my true feelings emerge as I carve away the images that I see.

The imagery that appears on much of my work represents the psychological struggle, chaos and violence that occur in many of our lives. Some of the animal figures that reveal themselves are metaphors for different players in the circus of life. For example, the moose represents the clumsy, awkward, yet strong individual making his/her way in a beauty conscious society. The chicken and bird figures represent individuals who want to fly but are somehow caged in by society. Much of my work is very busy with a closely packed composition. These chaotic compositions represent the constant bombardment of information from structures such as family, government and religion as well as the media. These structures influence and often form perceptions of our-selves and of others. In any given day we are bombarded with an insane amount of information and people seem to be losing the ability to be able to process this information and decipher between what is right and wrong. Many of the images that we see on a day-to-day basis are quite violent and we are becoming more and more desensitized to this violence. The violent images that are portrayed on objects of every day use such as a ceramic cup, implies that we are in contact with this violence in a variety of different ways daily.