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New Kiln for 2018
Art to Wear Imoge Bird
A pate de verre turquoise blue bird in flight having milifiore Imoge canes. 3 inches wide.
Origine
Origine, 42 inches by 36 inches Enameled painting on glass, photographs, black ink and oil paint on wood cradle board. My collage “Origine” depicts an ancient story, deconstructed over time, as it assimilated into modern culture. The ancient fable of “Daphnis and Chloe” is retold in a timeline from top to base. Inspired by…
Snap Shot Purple Dahlia
Snap Shot “Purple Dahlia” Cast glass, black and white photography on wood cradle board 9 inches by 12 inches One of my favorite Dahlias is the purple Dahlia. I have painted it many times in my watercolors. This “Snap Shot” Dahlia is created from one of my photographs. I am always amazed seeing the intricate…
Dahlias from Garden
Debbie with her Dahlias Here I am with Dahlia’s grown in my garden. I start them from roots, it takes about four months to see results. It’s amazing how such a glorious flower emerges from such a small root planted into the ground. This is the start of the process.
Montage of Snap Shots
A montage of New Work “Snap Shots”. Shown in a montage view the work can be placed at each admirers discretion.
Snap Shot Yellow Dahlia
Snap Shot Yellow Dahlia Cast glass and black and white photo on wood cradle board. 9 inches by 12 inches Translating photos of the Dahlias in my garden into cast glass sculptures. The Dahlia pictured was grown in my garden. I sculpted the clay model from the photo. The photo is underneath the glass sculpture…
Snap Shot Red Painted Daisy
Snap Shot Red Painted Daisy 18 by 24 Cast glass, black and white photo on wood box cradle frame.
Snap Shot Painted Daisy #2 Facing Left
Snap Shot Painted Daisy Cast glass, Black and white photograph on wood cradle board. 9 by 12
Snap Shot Painted Daisy
Snap Shot Painted Daisy Cast glass and black and white photo on wooden box frame. 9 By 12 I began to use my own flowers as models for my photographs. A painted daisy was blowing on a windy day, its petals overlapping each other. It looked as if it were a moving sculpture. I printed…
2013 The Cloud of All Knowing, Wing 2
Cast glass 7 inches One glass element that is part of “The Cloud of All Knowing.” Each wing was separately cast and a special mount was created for each one. The wings can be detached from the panel and are separate sculptures.
2013 The Cloud of All Knowing, Wing 3
Cast glass 4 inches I love birds and have an active bird feeder in my yard. I raised many tropical birds as pets. I am fascinated by the idea of flight and the tremendous freedom it gives. I try to recreate their wings in glass and the light feeling of their feathers.
2013 Wing Drawing on Paper
Cast glass sculpture and paper sketch A cast glass wing alongside it’s preliminary sketch.
2013 Anticipation of Spring, Sketch
Pencil sketch on white drawing paper I always loved to draw, although as a glass artist, drawing was not always a part of my process, so I hadn’t kept my sketch book current. As I begin to combine glass and oil painting, I always make drawings before I create my glass art.
2013 Anticipation of Spring, Clay Model
Clay model on canvas covered oil painted board 24 by 24 inches When artists cast glass, they often destroy their clay models in the process. I decided to carefully preserve my clay models and make them into artworks. Here I place my clay model on a canvas covered oil painted panel. It was difficult to…
2013 Anticipation of Spring
Oil painting on canvas covered board with cast glass elements. 24 by 24 inches Made for the Sandwich REDUX 2012 show. Inspired by two painted and blown glass pieces in the Sandwich Glass Museum collection. A pair of birds sits on a bare branch inside a vase decorated with tulips in relief on its exterior. The…
2012 Fragile Peace
Cast glass sculpture 10 inches I wanted to make my own version of a “Peace” dove. I made the clay model then tore the edges. Peace is very fragile, almost like paper, which can be so easily torn apart.
2011 Life Cycle of a Bird
Cast glass 11 inches I decided to tell the story of the life cycle using the puzzle as a metaphor. This work speaks of the balance of nature; the transformation of creatures around us. We are all a part of nature, pieces in the puzzle, which always returns to the earth. In the end the bones…
2011 Life Cycle Puzzle
Cast glass 20 by 20 inches I began to think of nature as a cycle and I wanted to capture that cycle in glass. “Life Cycle Puzzle” depicts the life of a bird from egg to its last remains. I wanted to show how even a bird dissolves back to nature, disappearing into the forest floor. I…
2011 Life Cycle Puzzle, Part Two
Cast glass 9 inches