Drawing on a childhood joy of making almost anything with my hands, I knew clay to be my calling the first time I touched it on a turning pottery wheel. My pots evolved slowly as I earned my skills (being mostly self taught) and soon added a painter's touch, my other love and the legacy of my parents, both professional painters. The introduction to porcelain provided a key element in the development of my current body of work, a marriage of classically simple wheel thrown forms, subtle and colorful floral brush decorations, high fired to a luminous finish known only to porcelain. An interest in wood firing led to building his own kiln that he fires several times a year with guest artists. A form of salt glazing (soda) is done at the end of each firing to give the pottery a unique and unpredictable finish. I hope owning my pottery will bring as much joy as I have had creating it.