I move between Vancouver, Canada and Europe. My work begins in clay and expands beyond it, spanning painting and writing, with each informing the other.
In clay, I weave together found objects, metal, glass, wood and stone.
I am drawn to the meeting point of poetry and form — the raw and the refined — and to a lifelong fascination with light and reflection. Porcelain, with its translucent quality, has become central to this exploration, alongside ongoing experiments with clay and glass to heighten a sense of water, shimmer, and reflection.
Patterns in nature — spirals, shells, the growth of trees, shifting landscapes — sit alongside architectural impressions: tree stumps, cathedral glass, puddles in a playground. These references meet in the studio as I search for balance and harmony.
I absorb what is held in common materials, in landscape and texture, and return it through my hands into the work. Each piece becomes an individual in that exchange.
The work needs to be what it needs to be, holding and transmitting something beyond me.
The process is experimental, intuitive, and rigorous. I have built discipline for myself, to build from, allowing the forms to move through both ancient and contemporary techniques.
At its core, the work carries its own presence, something between the tragic and the magic.