Raised in Tucson, Arizona with the Catalina Mountains a constant presence I encountered a landscape both dynamic and serene. My work today embodies my love of shapes and texture.

At Stanford University, I studied history, art history, literature and anthropology. I went on to get master's degrees at the Harvard and Syracuse University. Despite all these degrees, I am basically a self-taught artist.

After several years teaching high school and producing educational television, I found myself unemployed, I made the commitment to turn my hobby of making pottery into a full-time career, and for the following fifteen years I was a successful ceramic artist.

Moving to Philadelphia, I participated in a program at UArts where artists from many fields explored handmade paper as an artistic medium. This course proved to be a turning point and I have been working with paper pulp and mixed media ever since.

In paper pulp I found the ideal medium. Using handfuls of pulp as though it were clay, I could still get strong textures, but now I could work on a much larger scale, and imbed objects. I collect found objects for their shape and texture, ignoring their intended purpose.

I draw on my diverse background… my sculptures are inspired by the works of ancient and tribal artists and architects — archetypal forms that speak a universal language, but my use of contemporary found objects makes an ironic comment on contemporary culture.

My work has been included in many prestigious national and regional shows and is in private and corporate collections around the country.