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About MeI grew up in Springfield, Ohio to a mother who is a potter and a geologist father. I have always loved art, especially painting and sculpture, and have been working with clay as far back as I can remember. I consider myself a 3d mixed media artist and enjoy scouring flea markets for "bits and pieces" to use in my found object sculptures in addition to working with ceramics and Apoxie Sculpt. I graduated from The College Of Wooster with a major in Studio Art, and later attended The Columbus College Of Art And Design where I focused on 3D Illustration. I have had jobs sculpting props and "corpses" for haunted houses and working on animals for a water park. Although I hold a Master's of Social Work degree from The Ohio State University I currently live and work in Columbus as an artist as it is my first love! I share my life and studio with my young pup "Tippy!"
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My Interests |
I am primarily a sculptor, however I also define myself as a mixed media artist. I am drawn to minute details ' in painting and sculpture, and am especially inspired by edgy, thought provoking and "dark" art that is bordering on creepy. I am infatuated with Halloween, Pop Surrealism, Day of the Dead, carnivals, fables, and folk art. In the past few years I have begun spending more time creating pen and ink drawings and have started producing black and white prints of my work, as well as having t-shirts, notecards, and stickers made of my original designs. I have had a lot of fun with this foray into 2D and it's fun alternating between different media!
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More Recently |
During several recent summers I have taken ceramic workshops and have fallen in love with hand building in ceramic clay! I find that I work more loosely and let the clay tell me what it wants to become. I love the feel of the clay in my hands. Many of my newest works are ceramic pieces, which I sculpt, let dry, and fire in my ceramics classes or in my mom's kiln in Springfield. I then finish the pieces by painting them with acrylics - as I love to paint and have more control over the final result than in using glazes. However, more recently I have been using underglazes and am excited with what this technique has to offer!
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