Within days of returning from my workshop with artist and color guru David Hornung in Ohio, my pieces are taking on a life of their own, swimming in color and lively lines. I don't exactly know what happened, except that I am unafraid to use color and feel a new freedom to draw spontaneously on my vessels.

Using the mug/cup form as a playground, I'm experiencing with the surface and seeing where it takes me. When I go to sleep at night, I'm thinking of overlapping colors. When I wake up, they're still on my mind and I can't wait to get back into the studio.