about the artist
My studio practise is based in Burnaby, British Columbia.
After 35 years behind the camera I have taken up working with clay for the last 7 years. My inspirations of all my work comes from what I see top side and in the ocean. I started taking pottery classes at a local community arts center, and this quickly became my life's obsession. I consider myself "self-taught" because I am not formally trained in ceramics, though I have had many wonderful teachers along the way.
I am interested in reaching beyond the confines of creating work that people want to 'purchase' to creating artwork that evoke my own joy in the finished piece. It is freeing to not be constrained to the wants and needs of the consumer which has allowed me to grow as an artist. Respectfully I do not care what you like or do not like but more on how my artwork makes you feel. My work are expressions of both the light and the darker sarcastic edge of me.
By breaking the boundaries of the consumer I feel I am up to more experimentation, certainly a heck of a lot more failures and creating a variety of different forms. It is in those failures and exploration that I have found my own artistic vision and more importantly my voice!
My love of the ocean has led me to become certified recreational diver in the fall of 2018. In January 2019 I completed my Open Water certification in Maui, Hawaii taking my photography from top side to underwater. The ocean is a whole new world and without a doubt my sculptures contains elements of my passion.
After 35 years behind the camera I have taken up working with clay for the last 7 years. My inspirations of all my work comes from what I see top side and in the ocean. I started taking pottery classes at a local community arts center, and this quickly became my life's obsession. I consider myself "self-taught" because I am not formally trained in ceramics, though I have had many wonderful teachers along the way.
I am interested in reaching beyond the confines of creating work that people want to 'purchase' to creating artwork that evoke my own joy in the finished piece. It is freeing to not be constrained to the wants and needs of the consumer which has allowed me to grow as an artist. Respectfully I do not care what you like or do not like but more on how my artwork makes you feel. My work are expressions of both the light and the darker sarcastic edge of me.
By breaking the boundaries of the consumer I feel I am up to more experimentation, certainly a heck of a lot more failures and creating a variety of different forms. It is in those failures and exploration that I have found my own artistic vision and more importantly my voice!
My love of the ocean has led me to become certified recreational diver in the fall of 2018. In January 2019 I completed my Open Water certification in Maui, Hawaii taking my photography from top side to underwater. The ocean is a whole new world and without a doubt my sculptures contains elements of my passion.
ocean inspirations
exhibitions
2018
Luminescence III - Deer Lake Gallery - March 17 to April 7
BROKEN
2017
Luminescence II - Deer Lake Gallery - March 18 to April 8
BC Gallery of Ceramics - April 6 to 29
2016
Luminescence - Deer Lake Gallery
Luminescence III - Deer Lake Gallery - March 17 to April 7
BROKEN
2017
Luminescence II - Deer Lake Gallery - March 18 to April 8
BC Gallery of Ceramics - April 6 to 29
2016
Luminescence - Deer Lake Gallery
memberships
2017
Potters Guild of BC
Potters Guild of BC
speaking engagement
Richmond Potter's Guild - February 2017
volunteering
2018
Arts BC Board of Directors - executive committee
Arts BC Board of Directors - executive committee
workshops
2019
Diving - Open Water, Maui, Hawaii - certified!
2018
Pine Needle Weaving - Linda Doherty & Lynnette Gilackson, instructors
Diving - Confined New West Dive & Sea
2017
Styrofoam Hump Molds - Linda Doherty, instructor
Intensive Throwing - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Soda Firing Workshop - Linda Doherty, Jay MacLenna, instructors
Handbuilding Workshop - Bob Kingsmill Instructor
Constructing with porcelain - Tanis Saxby, instructor
Emily Carr Introduction to Mold Design and Casting - Phillip Robson, instructor
2016
Baker's Delight - Fredi Rahn, instructor
Sets & Settings - Fredi Rahn, instructor
Bas Relief - Louise Solecki-Weir, instructor
Teapots with Attitude - Kathleen Raven, instructor
2015
Pots That Pour - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Finished Texture - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Throwing & Altering - Fredi Rahn, instructor
2014
Intensive Extruding - Linda Doherty, instructor
Intensive Throwing - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Bowls, Bowls, Bowls - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Garden Sculpture - Jay MacLennan, instructor
2013
Daytime Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
Painting with Spoke - Linda Doherty, instructor
Workshop with Elizabeth Carver
Summer Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
2012
Daytime Pottery- Sabrina Keskula, instructor
Summer Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
2011
Daytime Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
Introduction to Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
Diving - Open Water, Maui, Hawaii - certified!
2018
Pine Needle Weaving - Linda Doherty & Lynnette Gilackson, instructors
Diving - Confined New West Dive & Sea
2017
Styrofoam Hump Molds - Linda Doherty, instructor
Intensive Throwing - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Soda Firing Workshop - Linda Doherty, Jay MacLenna, instructors
Handbuilding Workshop - Bob Kingsmill Instructor
Constructing with porcelain - Tanis Saxby, instructor
Emily Carr Introduction to Mold Design and Casting - Phillip Robson, instructor
2016
Baker's Delight - Fredi Rahn, instructor
Sets & Settings - Fredi Rahn, instructor
Bas Relief - Louise Solecki-Weir, instructor
Teapots with Attitude - Kathleen Raven, instructor
2015
Pots That Pour - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Finished Texture - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Throwing & Altering - Fredi Rahn, instructor
2014
Intensive Extruding - Linda Doherty, instructor
Intensive Throwing - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Bowls, Bowls, Bowls - Jay MacLennan, instructor
Garden Sculpture - Jay MacLennan, instructor
2013
Daytime Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
Painting with Spoke - Linda Doherty, instructor
Workshop with Elizabeth Carver
Summer Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
2012
Daytime Pottery- Sabrina Keskula, instructor
Summer Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
2011
Daytime Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor
Introduction to Pottery - Sabrina Keskula, instructor