I started life as a painter and was mentored by Ilya Bolotowsky and Ibram Lassaw. I worked with notables such as Willem DeKoonig, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Dash, Alphonso Ossorio and Larry Rivers. I worked as a curator at The Parrish Museum in Southampton, The Guild Hall Museum in Easthampton, The Metropolitan Museum/Queens Museum and lectured at the Cloisters. And worked closely with Victor D’Amico on the “Barge” for the Museum of Modern Art.

I started making pottery when taking my Master’s degree in painting at Pratt Institute. Little did I know that pottery would turn out to be my passion. My work was a feature story on the Fine Living Channel’s program Back to Basics.

But since it’s hard to make a living as an artist, I became an Executive Creative Director/Creative Director/Art Director and film director with 30+ years of experience in advertising. I have run several agencies, served on their Board of Directors, owned my own agency and managed healthy profits for all my clients. My strength is to see the big picture, help grow organizations, and optimize profitability, with an emphasis on quality.

I work primarily in porcelain. For many years I was strictly a wheel throwing potter. The pandemic opened me to avenues that never existed for me. Now hand-building is part of all wheel thrown pieces. I use real world objects as inspiration and turn them to my vision. Cultural insights and 30 years as an advertising Creative Director create new paths and areas to explore.  

I believe pottery is the bond between the earth, art, and utility and serves as our emotional connection to our environment. The surface decoration is a blank canvas to capture an idea, convey a feeling, add a tactile element, accentuate a prominent pattern or shape.

I was an adjunct professor at The Art Institute of Phoenix, CMO at the Arizona Clay Association and a board member of the AAF (American Advertising Federation).

You can see my pottery at perpetuitypottery.com