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Sculpting the human form empowers me to create unique beings whose physical, spiritual and emotional responses are at one. In essence, the body speaks what the mind and heart feels. Torsos High fired clay with oxides and glaze Sometimes the negative spaces between forms say as much as the forms themselves. Rumours Cast glass mounted on wood and steel base. Three positions of the same head with positive and negative castings. Stale Dated Fired clay with oxides on pegboard Self-portrait marking a dreaded birthday. Feeling like shop-worn goods, my best before date had expired. In the Present/In the Past fired clay, found objects, hydrocal casting, photocopy transfer An imagined English war bride and her Canadian soldier 60 years later. Awarded First Prize for Sculpture, The Bulova Watch Company Award, Visual Arts Mississauga 27th Annual Juried Show of Fine Art 2004 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. 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. Warrior Woman II High fired clay with oxides and glazes mounted on recycled steel and cement base. Experimenting with a high grog terra cotta sculpture clay and the relationships between the head and base, this warrior woman becomes totemic. Awarded First Prize for Sculpture, Colour and Form Society Open Juried Exhibition 2006. Warrior Woman III Cold rolled steel A gestural interpretation of the “battered but defiant” warrior woman. This was cut with a plasma cutter and then torched, hammered and rusted. Resurgence Raku fired clay and steel. Though battered, burned and corroded; the human spirit rises again. Breaking Out raku fired clay and steel Discovering the magic of clay and steel molded by fire. Awarded Second Prize, Woolfitt’s Art Enterprises Inc. Award, Colour and Form Society Annual Open Juried Exhibition 2004 Forsaken fired clay and found stone A reaction to the aftermath of 911 Carpe Centuria XXI Italian alabaster on marble base The optimism of a new millennium and new century. The battle to own this piece resulted in a new relationship for two excellent artists. They are now happily married and share the sculpture. Leda Brazilian soapstone Finale clay modeled over armature, waste mould process, hydrocal plaster and antique lace With battered feet and great dignity, the prima ballerina performs her final dance. Juror’s Award, Best in Show, The Etobicoke Art Group’s 40th Annual Juried Show 2004 Awarded First Prize for Sculpture, Mississauga City Ballet’s Juried Exhibition 2004 Chakra Branded Hydrocal sculpture. Original in clay Despite the attempts of corporations to brand everything, including our Chakra points, we remain defiant. In the Eyes of the Beholder fired clay sculpture A reflection on aging gracefully Pearls of Wisdom/Seeds of Destruction fired clay and found wood A reaction to the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuser.