I've worked in many mediums throughout my life: painting, ceramics, stained glass, hot glass, & commercial illustration. Being with clay again feels like coming home, as it was my haven in high school and beginning college. After exploring different directions, I am finally able to combine all of my interests. Firing in a mid range gives me a huge color palette. As a sculptor, I now understand why my paint was always so thick: I enjoy the third dimension. The occasional inclusion of glass satisfies a lifelong fascination, providing firing surprises and additional texture.

My subject matter has been consistent throughout: figures – both imaginary and representational - and animals in safe places. I work in varying degrees of abstraction, as I am always intrigued by the idea of giving a sense of life to the things that are inanimate.

Tom Collins of the Albuquerque Journal describes her animal miniatures and wall-hung pieces as "fast, loose and amazingly affecting evocations....The visible pressure of each finger stroke somehow has molded (Joseph’s) visage and more importantly, his personality."