I am a painter who makes pots. For a long time, I searched for ways to bring together my two passions. Pots are in essence beautifully packaged pockets of space, and it is the space of the pot that interests me. Since earliest times, potters have painted images of their world on their pots, drawing connections between the space depicted and the space contained. My pots follow in this tradition in that they attempt to bridge the visible world and the secret world of the pot’s interior. I often paint the view from my back porch or garden, or I take pots on my bicycle to nearby city parks, responding to the intimate interface of urban life and nature. I also travel to the countryside to paint mountains, rivers, fields and water meadows. The plein air tradition of painting ensures a sort of mindfulness, a level of attention to the intricacy and beauty of the world, which I try to convey with my work.