Our eyes constantly remind us that the created world is multi-patterned, organized geometrically. From pine cones and the seed heads of sunflowers, to frost crystals on a cold windowpane, we respond to these natural forms because they’re so familiar. In my bio-geometrical pieces, I emulate some of these patterns found in nature, setting up a diagonal path that follows the outside of the piece and leads to the top, to the interior. I cut through the wall of the pieces, pushing in and pulling out, then sealing the gaps created by bringing more clay to the inside. The patterns then become three dimensional tessellations, smaller or larger depending on where they fall on the vessel form.
In the Old Testament, the patriarch Jacob has a dream in which he see’s a bridge between heaven and earth, on which the angels walk up and down, connecting the material world and the heavenly sphere. “Jacob’s Ladder” has been a subject for artists ever since, including William Blake. In my “bio-geometrical” pieces, I use the patterns created to suggest a movement up to the top, to the inside, so it becomes for me a sort of “Jacob’s Ladder”. But this path is not just up to a supposed heaven above. It is a path to the inside, to an ineffable interior, a journey of consciousness rather than just a journey “up.”
Bio-Geometry Pieces
Ripple Mountain
17" X 13", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Diagonal Ascent
13" X 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Angular Velocity
12.5" X 13", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Puzzle
12.5" X 10, Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Undercurrents Overflow
13.5" X 12.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Floating Up
12.5" X 13", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Fluttering Twilight
16" X 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Churning of the Ocean
11" X 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Overflowing Embrace
13" X 11", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Jeweled Cascade
15" X 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Teal Rocky Road
13.5" X 11", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ridge Forest
8.5" X 9", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ennead
10" X 13", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Return to the Sea
12.5" X 10, Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
2-D Vessel: Intersteller Staircase
12.5" Dia X 1.5" Thick, Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
2-D Vessel: Rhythm in Thirds
12.5" Dia X 1.5" Thick, Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
The Way Up is the Way Down 2
13" X 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Ochre Tides
13" X 12.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Travertine Terraces
8" x 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Imbricated Flow
9" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Intersteller Staircase
10.5" x 8", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina
Muscular Succulent 3
12.5" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Radiating from the Source
8" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Thunderbolt
17" X 10", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark
Large Muscular Succulent
12" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Trefoil
12.5" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark
Muscular Succulent 1
9.5" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark
Muscular Succulent 2
8" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark
Mystical Gears
7.5" x 11", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark
Rhythm in Thirds 2
12" X 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Rain Bands 2
7" x 11", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Terraced Luminescence
8.5" X 8.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Mossy Periderm 3
9.5” X 8.5”, Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark
Journey to the Source 4
13.5” X 10.5”, Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Flying to the Inside 9
12” X 10.5”, Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
After the Rain
14" X 8.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Terraced in Green
10.5" X 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Trebling the Bass
11.5" X 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
The Forest Within
15" X 10", Glazed Stoneware, Fired-on Laser Decals, China Paint
Expanding Seedpod
8" X 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Mossy Periderm 2
8" X 7", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Magnolia (Tree of Life)
12" X 12", Glazed Stoneware, Fired-on Laser Decals, China Paint
Floating Spiral
8" X 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Fire!
13" X 8", Glazed Stoneware
Mossy Periderm
9" X 8", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Vines
12" X 8", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Staccato Waltz
12" X 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Rhythm in Thirds
12" X 12", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Autumn Snow
9" X 14", Glazed Stoneware, Available at the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri
Exoskeleton
8.5" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
The Way Up is the Way Down
8" x 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Landslide
7.5" x 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
From the Depths
15" x 12.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Journey to the Source 3
14.5" X 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Autumnal Shift
16" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Storm Surge
16" x 10", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Roiling Surf
14.5" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Available at the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri
Wings
23" x 14", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Co-Opposition
18" x 15", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase
Rain Bands
10" x 8", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Hurricane
9" x 8", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Parallelogram 5
12" x 7.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Parallelogram 4
12" x 7.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Parallelogram 3
8.5" x 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Parallelogram 2
9" x 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Parallelogram 1
15" x 8.5", Glazed Stoneware with Stone Base, Private Collection
Tertile
8" x 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Cardinal Directions
8.5" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Quintile
9" x 8.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Stone Flower
8.5" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Blue Trifecta
10.5" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Outcroppings
8.5" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Pinwheels
12" x 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Dervish
12.5" x 11", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
A Journey to the Ocean Inside
11.5" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Artist's Collection
Autumnal Equinox 2
15.5" x 13", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
A Journey to the Ocean Inside 2
16" x 14.5", Glazed Stoneware, Platinum Luster
Flight of the Hamsa
38" x 15", Glazed Stoneware, Gold Luster, Wax Encaustic, Gold Leaf, Private Collection
Autumnal Equinox
16.5" x 14", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Journey to the Source 2
18" x 15", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection
Refracted Journeys 1
17.5" x 12" x 10", Glazed Stoneware with Gold Luster and Stone Base, Artist's Collection
Centrifugal/Centripetal: The Dark Night of the Soul 2
21" x 14", Glazed Stoneware with Gold Luster, Private Collection
Flying to the Inside: Green/Blue
19.5" x 11.5", Glazed Stoneware with Stone Base, Available at the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri
Flying to the Inside (Stone)
23.5" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Flying to the Inside 3 (Forest)
36" x 15", Glazed Stoneware, Gold Luster, Soapstone Base
Flying to the Inside 2 (Water)
28" x 14", Glazed Stoneware on Stone Base
Flying to the Inside
27" x 16", Glazed Stoneware on Granite Base
He Becomes an Angel
27" X 13.5", Glazed Stoneware, Wax Encaustic, 24 Karat Gold Leaf, Granite Base
Large Birds Morphing 2
11" x 13", Private Collection
String Theory: Emerging from the Storm
10" x 14.5"
Counterpoint 2
15" x 11", Private Collection
String Theory: Birds Morphing
9" x 13"
Effects of the Moon
19.5" x 11.5"
Continental Drift
11" x 12", Private Collection
Tsunami Chorus
14.5" x 10"
A Gathering
10" x 12", Private Collection
Unfolding 2
18" x 13", Private Collection
An Ocean of Fire
20.5" x 11"
In the Firmament
13" x 13", Private Collection
An Ocean of Ice
20" x 10", Porcelain with Matte Glaze and Wax Encaustic
Climbing
16" x 9", White Stoneware with Underglaze and Glaze, Private Collection
Flight 2: The Phoenix
18" x 10.5", Private Collection
Gold Before Blooming
12" x 13", Private Collection
Infinite Ocean
14" x 11", Private Collection
The Churning of the Cosmic Ocean
16" x 13", Porcelain, Gouache, Wax Encaustic
Entrance/Exit
14" x 11", Private Collection
Entrance/Exit 2
11.5" x 13", Private Collection
The Phoenix 2
13.5" x 9", Private Collection
Counterpoint
14" x 8.5", Private Collection
Waves
10" x 10.5", Artist's Collection
Embrace
10" x 7", Artist's Collection
Unfolding
14.5" x 8.5", Private Collection