How exhilarating to explore the scintillating array of hues and luminosity of copper enameling: from vibrant reds, golds and yellow to the delicate transparencies of a sunset’s afterglow. Nature is my inspiration; the colors, the seasons, how light plays on a leaf or a wave or emanates from a celestial nebula. Creating copper enamel art is an adventure and a collaboration: the kiln has been heated to a flaming orange; powdered glass melts and flows onto gleaming copper as it is fired. I am energized by the magical dialogue between myself and the infinite variations of the medium.

Many of my enameled pieces are designed like musical compositions: colors overlay and peek through each other revealing lush depth under a shiny, smooth surface. Just as jazz and chamber musicians explore, dialogue, and trade musical themes from one instrument to another, so color moves from one area to another on the copper.

I have always been fascinated with brilliant, jewel-like color. Copper enameling captures and celebrates light and color like no other medium I know.