My work exists inside the frame and philosophy of practicality. It communicates the underlying connection I see between the rural, hard-working days of my youth and the life I want to live as an artist.

The cyclical pattern of throwing, trimming, glazing, and firing are comfortable for me. I am a farmed-raised laborer who has wonderful memories of planting, weeding and harvesting.

In the age of quick marts, high speed connections, fast food, one-stop shopping, I try to live my life slowly and with purpose. In a time of massed produced uniformity, I try to create works that are unique, each piece having recorded its own tale of creation, a tale of struggles, of successes, of failures, of imperfections and of hopes…it is a human tale.

Biography:

BFA, University of Evansville
Married to Kimberly Lackey
Expecting our first child in December 2008
Owner, The Meadows Pottery, 2186 Woodlawn Road, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004