This is the second urn I finished this winter. I was looking for a design for the ashes of my male corgi, and these two male grackles have the macho I was looking for.
The images were inspired by some clay black birds I saw in Oaxaca this summer.
this is the finished ceramics project I was working on this fall. It is in memory of my Mom. The female grizzly represents the fierce mother love she had for us.
I had a great time in the ceramics studio, and have another project in the kiln.
I am a pastel painter living in Austin, Tx. I graduated from UT with a Fine Art's Degree, majoring in studio art in 1974. I have studied with Bob Rohm, Richard McKinley, Desmond O'Hagan, and Steve Napper.
I've been a member of Austin Visual Arts Assoc., Austin Pastel Society, Portrait Society of America, Pastel Society of America, and International Association of Pastel Societies.
I've taught at the Art School of Austin Museum of Art
Art is a learnable, teachable skill. Most of art making is just doing it, work, and only a tiny part is talent. What a relief for someone like me who never had the courage to really give myself to my process of making art, fearing I didn't have the talent I saw in others. Then I decided to just do it anyway, no matter the outcome. And the biggest success has been that I have not quit. To stop making art is the only failure.