Judith Arnaud Gary is a native Arizonan. She's been drawing and painting since childhood, working in pencil, watercolor and acrylic. But in 2000 as part of her course work at the University of Arizona, she took a clay class and found a new artistic bond with clay, "I had an immediate simpatico develop in sinking my hands into this ancient medium." She received a B.F.A. degree from the University of Arizona in 2002. She works in her home studio in Tucson AZ, creating primarily by throwing and handbuilding.

Judith's goal as an artist is to capture the spirit and energy of the world around her.  "I feel I am taking a small part of my subject and in turn giving a part of myself. The process of art for me is a union of energies - a union of spirits."

But besides the need for creating, she has the need to communicate with others. "I hope to evoke a response, to grab the viewer's participation. Viewers add their own perspectives and experiences when interpreting artwork. The artist, together with the viewer, brings a work of art to its fruition."

Member of Potters Council and Southern Arizona Clay Artists