Living with Clay Outdoors

For years, these sculptures have stayed outside under Arizona sky. I enjoy seeing them in natural light.

Sunlight changes them every day.

Morning light softens the surfaces, afternoon lights deepens the shadows, and after rain the colors become richer for a short time before returning to the dry desert tones again.

Dust, wind, cactus, fallen branches, and shifting light slowly changed the experience of the work. I began to appreciate that the sculptures did not need to stay inside a gallery or protected space. Outside, they become part landscape and feel alive.