Fat Cow Studio

About the artist

I’m a city girl who found her heart in the country. These days, I live in central Texas, raising cattle and riding horses with my husband, Steve. I’m a mom and a proud grandmother.  My four grandkids call me Birdie.

As a self-taught artist, I create instinctively, letting the land guide my hands. My pottery is mostly slab-built, textured, and often incorporates found objects, deer sheds, feathers, roots, bones, old metal and gifts from nature that I gather on daily walks. I’m drawn to raw edges, weathered patinas, and forms that carry a sense of place and spirit.

Nature is my deepest source of inspiration. It shapes my art, but also my life. I tend a small garden, keep bees, and spend quiet mornings watching the birds and photographing the world around me. My camera, like my clay, is a way of paying attention—to light, to beauty, to the fleeting wonder of the everyday.

Before this chapter, I spent nearly 40 years in the drafting and architectural design world. I still love interesting lines, old buildings, and the stories that structure can tell. But now, life is slower. I work in my studio, barefoot more often than not, surrounded by bees, blooms, birdsong and nickering horses.

My work is rustic, soulful, and a little wild. Made with intention and grounded in gratitude. Every piece of pottery, every photograph, every moment spent with my hands in the dirt is an offering.

I’m so glad you’re here. Pour yourself a cup of iced tea, take a look around, read a few stories and see where I will be with my pottery. 

Stay a while and leave me a comment introducing yourself!

Cindy