In the spring of 1966, the father of my best friend invited me to sit at his potter's wheel. On that day I fell in love with clay and the potter's life.

Following my art school training and a short pottery apprenticeship in Denmark, I established my studio in 1971. For over twenty years I made pots, went to trade shows and sold my work through galleries in the U.S. and Japan. I discovered the life of a production potter was often overwhelmed with pressure to supply the demands of the craft marketplace.

We moved to Bar Harbor in 1992, where I focused my time on building our new house and studio. After this creative and head-clearing break, I returned to clay work with renewed determination to please my hand and eye and follow my own heart and intuition.

I now devote one third of my time to making the pots and two thirds to surface decoration and image development. I integrate images from nature to create graphic patterns. Each and every piece is unique.

In 2001, I added a new gallery to my studio workshop to showcase my most recent work. The gallery also features the oil pastel paintings and colored clay jewelry of my wife, Carol Shutt.