Primarily a self-taught oil painter and pastel artist, I started working in kiln-formed glass in 2001. I find that it allows me to combine the images from the canvas with the textures of the glass. The qualities of glass add enormously to the possibilities for self-expression. Each piece tells me what needs to be done. I am just a conduit. I listen to the work and try to get out of the way of myself, allowing the images to come out of the glass.

My work can be found in galleries, private and corporate collections across the U.S. I have been accepted into many juried shows around the country. For example, I was just accepted, for the third time, to the prestigious Pilchuck Auction, which only juries in 250 glass artists from around the world. It is held annually to benefit glass artist Dale Chihuly’s famous Pilchuck Glass School. I teach advanced classes on kiln-formed glass around the country and am owner of a new gallery and studio called Warm Glass Elements, in Clemmons, North Carolina.

Click here to check out the Warm Glass Elements Gallery.

Click here for a formal Biography (pdf format).

"Inorganic Portrait"

Pastel

"Undercover Diptych"

Cast Glass

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