I began doing art 37 years ago when my children got tired of playing with play dough and I couldn’t stop. I began an intensive course of study in clay sculpture, first at Ohio University and then at the University of Toronto (I had majored in history in college). I made over 100 sculptures the first year. I discovered that when I worked in clay, something happened and the clay said back to me what I was feeling or trying to express. It was a mystery and a miracle that I continue to marvel at today. I made sculpture about everything that was in and around me. It was deep joy.

My sculpture continues to reflect my own healing journey, my ongoing engagement with biblical themes and stories, and my concern for issues of abuse and social justice. Over the years, I have

presented a variety of solo exhibitions of my work in Nashville, Atlanta, Washington DC, and New York, among other venues. I was privileged to make the official nativity figures for the Washington National Cathedral. They appear each year from Christmas Eve to Epiphany.

At the height of the Cold War I created a mixed media installation piece called Earthship Delphinos, which portrays a future world of peace in which dolphins and humans go into space together. I wanted to image peace in a concrete way. I was pleased to show this work in many settings including the CNN Center in Atlanta and the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City.

Having done painting early in my life, I have now returned to the medium along with my sculpture. My current show, Witness, Protest and Grace/ A Story in Art of Healing from Trauma” tells the story of healing from childhood sexual abuse in paint on wood.(see EVENTS) Art has been a central part of my own recovery, and this show is the culminations of many years of making art in order to heal myself. This show has been to Asheville NC, Chattanooga TN, and is now appearing in Atlanta GA. I use the show as a platform for teaching and doing workshops about childhood trauma. CARDS of some of the images from that show are available.

Art for me is about making sacred the stuff of life. When we do art, we make the subject of our art holy. Art and faith for me are inextricably linked.

Titles from top to bottom, left to right: How Often Have I Longed, My Soul is a Weaned Child at its Mother’s Breast, Earthship Dephinos, Earthship Delphinos Figure Detail, Earthship Delphinos Dolphin Detail, Sophia’s Blessing, Comfort.