Night Vision Dahlia
Night Vision Dahlia Cast Glass Dahlia on Oil Painted Canvas Covered Wood Board 48 by 36 inches I enjoy photographing my garden at night using my camera’s night vision setting. It is fascinating combining technology and art, changing the way we see the world and each other. Technology allows me to see things we are…
Tribute to Changall
Daphnis and Chloe Tribute to Chagall 2018 48 by 36 inches A local museum inherited a Chagall print called “Daphnis and Chloe”. The print was an interpretation of the ancient Greek story of Daphnis and Chloe, two lovers similar to Romeo and Juliet. I was asked to create an interpretation of the Chagall print and…
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…
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…
2008 Silent Angel
Oil painting on board with glass flameworked elements 18 by 24 inches
2008 Silent Angel
Pencil drawing
2008 Silent Angel
Drawing on paper
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
2011 Life Cycle Puzzle, Part Three
Cast glass 8 inches It amazes me how nature reclaims its own. Insects take care of the forest creatures and turn them back to nature.