Marian was born in Pittsburg, KS in 1951 and grew up in very small towns in a rural setting.

She received a B.F.A. from Arkansas State University in 1973. Since then she has worked in her studio, hand building ceramic vessels, teaching workshops, and exhibiting locally and nationally.

Her work can be found in American and European museums, corporate and private collections and published in books and magazines.

Marian lives with her husband and a very bad cat in Austin, TX. They divide their time between the city and a cabin in the Texas Hill Country. The country landscape brings back memories of a rich childhood immersed in the natural world which has a deep influence on her art work.

Artist Statement

My ceramics are hand built from slabs and coils. Most of my work is made from high fire porcelain and, occasionally, I use stoneware clay. The work is fired in a gas soda kiln or a wood fired kiln to 2300 F.