This is a cool chick! She didn't start ceramics 'til she was 40 and continued to do her monumental murals and sculptures until she died at age 90! Crazy! I figured I couldn't sum up her work better than this NY Times article did so here's what it said..
"Her stoneware murals, notably “Earth, Water and Sky” (1967-68) and “Clouds Over Lake Michigan” (1976), incorporated topographical swirls and abstractly rendered cloud patterns. Her small works, by contrast, were often delicate and abstract, with surrealist overtones. The influences were varied. The stylized modernism of Henry Moore, Constantin Brancusi and Isamu Noguchi competed for attention with Egyptian, Mexican and Cycladic art." (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/arts/25duckworth.html)
Her influences of surrealism and abstract forms are definitely something I want to strive for. They carry a lot of emotion and energy that I hope to create as well.
-DJK
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