News

working in part of the creative zone where i begin with the male form and slowly add to it a sense of fantasy and spirit and life ... inspired by my work in theatre creating new characters and building their world and their own personal story ... discovering more of them as i move along watching as they change shape and form ... each character open for the viewer to write the story they experience ... exposing new worlds through these make believe characters born from clay into the world of art ... magical . erotic . sensual . intimate ...  writing on the skin...

adding a new collection to my website of work under $500. ... a mix of functional and decorative hand made ceramic objects each from a limited series ... monkey - bunny - pup - squiggle - spin cup - spin vase. this new link adds balance to the one of a kind higher priced ceramic sculptures. these pieces are hand made by me with the same loving care as all the work at a more affordable price. take a look and see if you can find a gift for yourself family or friend ... help support small business and your local...

TEA DANCE 1980 I designed and built ceramic, wood and leather tea sets, helmets, and codpieces  for Clay 1980 at Tyler School of Art – one of several prestigious exhibitions I was invited into as a young clay artist. Before I delivered the work, Thomas Moore photographed me and a few friends with the tea sets in a series of sculptural tableaux. In an act of creative expression and gay liberation, my life-partner Dan Martin and I attended the opening wearing the codpieces.  I was never again invited into other shows or publications               ...

what exactly am i doing with these new clay figures appearing on my worktable? .. where do they come from? .. where do they want to go? .. i sometimes question the imagery that holds my attention .. why this particular human/bunny figure? .. then i let go of the questions and the pressure to answer and simply go with the flow .. i let the clay and the imagery move me .. piece by piece let it become itself .. when it works it works and when it doesn't it usually because my questioning gets in the way .. always looking for answers .....

this image combines both my ceramic art and my early days of performance art 1978 into the 80's . i'm pictured here with ishmael houston jones as part of our queer performance art troupe "two men dancing". a tad ahead of it's time . pre queer theatre trend . pre performance art college majors . late 70's into the 80's we were making autobiographical performance work with clay masks and props and original music by dan martin . the three of us queer activists exploring visual art and dance theatre performance art . each of us sharing our personal history on stage . this time in my life both opened doors and...