A Woman’s Creative Force
Discovering why my art is inspired by the feminine spirit and form.
As a young girl, I watched my mother’s relentless battle for equal opportunities, equitable rights, and fair compensation in her career as an attorney. Her determination was unwavering, even to the point of occasionally sleeping in her office to take a call in the middle of the night. The year she billed more hours and won more cases than any other attorney in her firm, she was told she got lucky.
Finally, when she attained the coveted partner position, fate dealt a cruel blow as she received a stage 4 cancer diagnosis that same year. Her life was hanging in the balance, and the higher income and status she had tirelessly strived for suddenly became meaningless.
After her untimely passing, I reminded myself I never wanted to work that hard. In my early twenties, I moved to Spain, where people don’t live to work, but work to live.
Finding my place and my calling
I was searching for my own unique path, one marked by reduced stress and disillusionment. After years of studying and exploring more traditional careers, I finally arrived at the conclusion that my true calling resides in the ceramics studio.
