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…
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…
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.
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 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 18 by 24 Cast glass, black and white photo on wood box cradle frame.
Snap Shot Painted Daisy Cast glass, Black and white photograph on wood cradle board. 9 by 12
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…
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.
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.
Cast glass sculpture and paper sketch A cast glass wing alongside it’s preliminary 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.
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.
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…
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…
Cast glass 9 inches
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.
Cast glass 12 inches The forest floor represents deterioration and renewal as leaves return to the soil to rise again in the form of new growth as trees. Sooner or later we all find ourselves on the forest floor.
