When I was little, I would play in the creek beds behind our house in Rockwall, Texas, fishing for crawdads and making mud sculptures. I have always loved making, regardless of the material. Growing up, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I took a drawing and painting class during high school and community college; but it was not until I transferred to the University of North Texas in 2002 that I took my first ceramics class. I immediately fell in love with clay, the environment, and the process. I had only made a few hand-built sculptures before I declared myself a Ceramics major and in 2005, I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
In 2011, I completed a Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Ceramics at UNT. I was a resident artist at Center Street Clay in Sandwich, Illinois one summer during my graduate studies, where I worked with Steven Hill who is a renowned artist known for his spraying techniques; which I’ve adopted and incorporated in to my glazing process. After completing my MFA, I moved to Riverside, California. I set up a studio in my garage where I made work and participated in shows nationwide. In May of 2012, I was invited to “Art of the Pot” in Austin, Texas for their 9th Annual Mother’s Day Studio Tour and Sale. I have taught classes at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, in Pomona, CA as well as, Ceramic Services in Ontario, CA.
During the summer of 2014, I relocated to Montana and as July 2016, live in Great Falls, Montana where I hope to stay for a while. My husband teaches at the University of Great Falls and I work in my home studio. Since living in Montana I have completed multiple short-term residencies at both the Archie Bray Foundation as well as Red Lodge Clay Center. Currently, I am teaching a community clay class at the Bray and beginning January 2017 I will teach a class at the Paris Gibson Museum of Art in Great Falls. I continue to pursue teaching workshops, private lessons, as well as, showing nationally and networking with local Montana Clay artists.