I began doing hand-building and wheel-thrown ceramics during the sixties with my children, Rufus and Jennifer. We had a pottery wheel in our basement at that time, so I made a dinnerware set, plates, cups, bowls, teapot, pitchers for our home, and to give as gifts.

I continued the interest in ceramics while taking courses at the University of Iowa. The UI courses also included art history, oil painting, drawing in various media, photography, metal smithing, and design. Favorite subjects include endangered and non-endangered species of plants and animals, still life, landscapes, silhouettes, the aurora borealis.

In recent years, I have been doing ink, pencil, charcoal, oil pencil, water color, and combinations of these, in drawings. These have subsequently been used as framed gifts, calendars and cards. I have done several oil paintings, most of which I have given to my children.

I have also written a poem included here: To a Lump of Clay on a Potter's Wheel