Foyer Vignette
It is always great to see how the work looks in a home. The two works offered for sale are “The Cloud of all Knowing” and “Through the Storm”
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 Red Dawn
Snap Shot Red Dawn Cast glass, oil paint, black and white photo’s, silver paint, on wood cradle box frame. 18 inches by 24 inches
The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
The answer is blowing in the wind Cast glass, Oil painting, black and white photos on wood cradle board 18 inches by 24 inches Inspired by the Peter Paul and Mary song written by Bob Dylan. “The answer is Blowin’ in the wind.
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.
Dahlia Garden Snapshot
Dahlia Garden Snapshot Cast Glass, black and white photography, on wood cradle frame. 18 inches By 24 inches
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…
Cigno
Hot formed glass encased and carved Since 1976 I created many hundreds of miniature flameworked swans based on this form. I decided to enlarge the form and include hundreds of canes I designed and made. The form conveys the floating feeling of a swan on a pond and speaks to my Italian heritage.
Eagle
“Eagle” Hot formed glass, encased, carved and painted. 8 inches I created “Eagle” at the Corning Museum of Glass Studio where I am an instructor. My roots are in hot glass sculpting. I like to revisit it at times and develop work that is hot sculpted as well as carved and painted. Hot glasswork is…
1976 The Mother
Oil paint on canvas 48 by 48 inches A study in white and sienna oil paint of the artist’s mother and grandmother during the Great Depression.
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.
2008 Escape
Oil painting with flameworked glass elements 10 by 14 inches An abstracted design based on the idea of freedom. A caged bird sits inside while the door is open, making the choice to stay inside. Various opportunities are given to the bird for freedom. Glass elements are distributed throughout the design. The painted bird is…
2008 Silent Angel
Drawing on paper
2008 Silent Angel
Oil painting on board with glass flameworked elements 18 by 24 inches
2008 Silent Angel
Pencil drawing
1977 Debbie Tarsitano in Her Studio
Debbie Tarsitano working on a large torch in her Valley Stream studio. When my father, Delmo, and I first started working glass, it was difficult for us to find materials and equipment. We began by using a small welder’s torch to melt Pyrex glass, which turned out to be very difficult. Our friend, James Kontes,…
