Imagine if Words Mattered was a work in progress. It was completed over a long period of time,adding statements and cast glass. Sometimes its difficult to put ideas into words as we live in an age where words matter. What do we think is important today? Care matters maybe more than anything else as we…
Sometimes it is possible to interpret music through artwork. I was listening to Peter Paul and Mary singing blowing in the wind and had this idea for an artwork inspired by the song. Some of the words of the song are painted in the background. A dove of peace fly’s over them. The piece is…
When you think about what is important and how to solve problems does the word Love ever come up. Sometimes I think when we are in difficulty, we should remember to handle problems with love. So many people forget about this idea. I began to build this design with a pate de verre heart with…
I love to visit the beautiful Walden Pond it is such a peaceful place. Many people go for the sunset over the pond it is magnificent. One day I saw a loan bird flying over and it made in my mind the perfect picture. I went home painted the board and made a pate de…
What we are made of is one of the first combination oil paint and glass I created. I used many flameworked elements in this work which represents the biology of today. In this work I talk about the effect of genetics on our daily life. Does money drive medicine? How close are we in out…
In Chinese literature there is a concept called “The Cloud of all Knowing” . This is an opening in a cloud with sunlight streaming through it. We all have seen it in the sky. It is a sign of hope and enlightenment. I see this in the sky sometimes and have photographed this event many…
I love photography and have been taking pictures for many years. One day I discovered the night shot setting on my camera. That evening I went into my garden and began to take pictures of my Dahlias. The white dahlias looked so luminous in the dark. Night gardens are very mysterious. I went into the…
Through the storm was the first large scale Pate de Verre sculpture I created. First I made a clay model of a birds wing then added three small birds to the design. Everything else was done with color. This sculpture was made in The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass. It was very meaningful…
Fly away Escape is a painting with several stories within. One a caged bird that can escape but doesn’t as if you look closely the door is open. A lone person sits under a net in the background as birds or the person can not escape due to the net above. One egg is painted…
A Dahlia collage having Pate de Verre Dahlias with archival paper photographs of Dahlias from my garden. Sculpted leaves surround the design all in a hand made shadow box.
