About

I am a visual artist and writer who works eclectically with figure and clay, letting poetry and prose spark the ideas that shape my pieces. I merge woman, animal, and nature-inspired themes and often add found objects, encaustic treatment, and layered underglazes and oxides to add interest and texture.

My work explores the existential tangle between humans, animals, and objects, folding their shared questions into form. The physical act of working in clay remains elemental for me: hands deep in earth, the pleasure of shaping mud the way I did as a child, and rediscovering wonder through touch.

Monica Devine working in the studio