Warrior Woman I

Warrior Woman I

High fired clay with oxides and glazes, recycled steel

The first “battered yet defiant” woman who grew in my hands. The beginning of a series playing with clay and steel. The corroded base is from my cache of engine scrap donated by a Hamilton body shop.

No matter what the medium, my art has always been figurative; addressing issues I have been personally passionate about and created to inspire the viewer to react.
After 911 my work changed. A series of battered but strong and defiant characters developed and it took 5 years for me to realize that September 11th was the catalyst.