Current and Recent Exhibitions

Laughing Matters: Arizona Humor
Tohono Chul Park Exhibit Hall
Tucson, AZ
January 15 - March 8, 2009

Depressed Market
Multiple pieces, each approximately 5" long x 5" wide x 7" high
Stoneware clay, stains and glazes

This ground squirrel piece reflects the current situation in our area neighborhoods.
The wording on the signs comes directly from current newspaper ads.

Endangered Pygmy Owls / Dangerous Pygmy Owls
Each approximately 4" long x 4" wide x 6" high
Stoneware clay, stains and glazes

I came up with this design during the controversy between habitat and development. If pygmy owls are considered dangerous to our growth and expansion, then they should be portrayed ready for combat. Armed/Unarmed.

P.S. Growth won.

Snowbirds
Approximately 12" long x 4" wide x 7" high
Stoneware clay, acrylics

Here in the winter – anywhere else in the summer.
Smart birds.

Arizona Suns
9" and 14" diameter
Stoneware clay, acrylics

Our sunshine is not the same as sunshine anywhere else in the country. As an avid gardener, I know that any plant requirement that says "full sun" does not mean OUR full sun. One of my favorite sayings is "Never underestimate the Arizona sun". It is so intense here that even the sun has to wear shades.

Javelini
10" long x 8" wide x 14" high
Stoneware clay, stains and glazes

You have heard of the Appletini and Tangerini, I'm sure, but only in Oro Valley can you find the Javelini: one part vodka, a whisker of vermouth, and one javelina. Our neighborhood herd is a discriminating bunch. They enjoy the roots of the most expensive ccti specimens and bed down in the most pristine spots in the yard. They are, of course, my favorite animal.

Secrets of the Nocturnal
Multiple pieces, Stoneware clay, stains and glazes

By nature, rabbits and javelinas are active both day and night. I have often mused they they can stay up all hours the same way humans do by drinking coffee.
I particularly enjoyed creating the puffy little bags under their eyes.

Our Lady of Javelupe
7" long x 4" wide x 12" high
Mixed Media

A new twist on the "Our Lady of Guadalupe" shrine. My original clay relief tile, hand-cast in resin and painted with acrylics. The piece is enshrined in a tin wall hanging.

Flights of Fancy
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

Fish Stories
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

Sand Trout
High-fired stoneware clay

Homeless in Oro Valley
High Fired stoneware clay, Multiple Pieces
Assembles to 33"L x 14"W x 12"H
Two Javelinas, two pygmy owls, one desert cottontail

I've watched hundreds of acres near my home go from natural desert to tract housing, and have seen the animals displaced. Uncontrolled expansion with little or no set-aside land has decimated wildlife habitats, leaving creatures large and small, as I have portrayed them –"homeless".

Details (below)

Desert Rattlesnake
High-fired stoneware clay, 12"L x 13"W x 9"H

Most of the snakes on my property have been gopher or king snakes. I have seen rattlesnakes on a number of occasions, and let them go about their business.

Theft of the Quail Block
High-fired stoneware clay enhanced with stains and oxides. Six piece grouping interactive. 48"L x 18"W x 16"H. Set:   $1200

Quail blocks (compressed seed/ground grains) feed more than quails and other birds. Javelinas, squirrels, mice, and especially rabbits love to chew on them. On a daily basis, I watch the rabbits "work" the blocks. They push, gnaw, scratch, do anything they can do to get some of that seed. This observation inspired me to create this piece. If they ever figured out how to work as a team, this fantasy would become reality!