Paco The Gray Parrot

This week's project was so fitting! Paco came to be in my studio. After a 2 week long vacation, one of them spent in Huatulco, a coastal rain forest small beach resort, I was commissioned a portrait of Paco, The Gray Parrot.

Creating Paco this week brought back recent images of luscious greens and untouched canopies.

Work is progressing on other projects, I'll keep you posted.

An Ivy on a window can never be wrong!

A classic often done in stained glass, but not as easy to render it correctly.
It is hard to tire of these details of nature, soft on the eyes yet the gamut of greens make it surprisingly interesting. The striations in glass mimic the veins on the leaves almost to perfection if the glass is chosen with care.

My customer sent me a photo of its permanent home!

A small classic Victorian detail was commissioned for a portico in Massachusetts. Not all stained glass need be big. Small antique reproductions using glass made to resemble 19Th century glass, creates the desired effect to complete the renovation of an antique house.

This week's project completed and now off to a 2 week vacation to Mexico.
Work is already lined up in the studio and once we are back, I will updating my blog again every week.

When in Spring honor SPRING...

The last couple of weeks spring has been blooming right inside my studio. This close to 600 piece stained glass project was delivered today. Its permanent home is in Alabama.

Nothing but hand rolled glass was used and the rich colors are obvious. The features of the face are enameled. This piece is based on an early 1900's print by the master of Art Nouveau Alphonse Mucha, and adapted to a stained glass design by me.

I have created the Four Seasons by Mucha in the past, Spring was commissioned once more.

I have a slide show presentation with over twenty slides demonstrating a step by step process to complete this piece. I will try to either email it or incorporate it to my web page.

Contemporary Vine

As promised, the absolutely fabulous pair of windows depicting an assortment of grape leaves has been completed. What a twist to a classic! Grape leaves and vines are always a favorite but this concept challenges the daunting task of combining traditional and contemporary. I do believe it has been accomplished!

Just the right Burst of Color!

I just finished a pair of very small panels but the colors in them and the detail just made of them tiny works of art. This pair will be hung instead of valances in a bathroom. An easy way to incorporate stained glass in your house if you quite don't know where!

I am working on a pair of panels with fabulous grape leaves, they should be done next week.

Seems like Magnolias are IT!

This week another project containing Magnolias. Although these have a definite abstract quality to them. A great example of floral and modern abstract happily commingling.

Subtle Beige and Peach over a wispy white background. These will be shipped this week to Florida, where they will be installed as sidelights for a condominium door.

The Brooklyn Skylight - This Week's Project

A nice simple design which I named "Chinese Magnolias." This piece will be installed in an older home in Brooklyn, NY. Commissions have been coming in and more will be completed this week.

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Abstract Universe - Downtown Art Gallery

I named this piece Abstract Universe, a strong architectural art piece and yet its undeniable roots come from a traditional stained glass art form. The preconceived notion that stained glass belongs in churches and temples is yet again rejected with a piece like this one.

This piece was installed today in a new art gallery in downtown San Antonio. Although not very noticeable in the photos, all of the elements of this composition are different textures of clear glass, giving the main features a sense of floating in a sea of swirled hand rolled clear glass.

Maybe in this one taken from a side the different textures and beveled pieces are more noticeable. The glass just sparkles!

The Dove, The Crest and The Vines, part 2 !

They are now complete, after several weeks of course. You can compare the computer generated design with the actual stained glass. They don't seem all that different unless you see them in person. Glad to report also, my customers were delighted with their pieces.

This pretty dove turned out to have a couple of hundred pieces! The colors though are quite stunning.

The Silent Knight Crest certainly came alive with that rich red cross in the background!

And finally for this month, the seven panel vine and flowers with insects, faeries and birds were shipped!

Stay tuned for what is in progress this month....

The Crest, The Peace Dove, The Flower Vine... in progress...

I have three panels that are in the works this week. Of all weeks! The first is a crest I was asked to design in Stained Glass, as of now I only have the computer generated design and I am creating the multiple full size copies needed to start this project. The picture here is of the design presented to my customer for approval.

Also, I was encountered with a challenging design, the initial description encompassed a Peace Dove with a kaleidoscope type background. The final design was the one approved for the project. This one is only in the design stages. With the holidays upon us it has been hard to keep up with the studio work, but I will post photographs of the completed piece.

Finally as for prospects for this week, I have 7 panels that have been commissioned and designs have been approved. Side by side narrow windows with flowers and surprise insects and faeries. These will look delightful once installed in their permanent home. Also in the design stages. The first panel the flowers were suggested in a shade of burgundy, also presented with the option of flowers in lavender. Lavender was the color of preference.

Back to my Old Ways

At the end of 2006 and my real calling is calling loud and clear. I love art, I love glass, I love artistic glass. I have just completed my latest piece, a larger than life parrot in a rain forest setting. The job was challenging because it was so big and I was a bit rusty but soon enough I got the rhythm back and was advancing nicely. 20 years of creating stained glass can't just vanish! We delivered and installed this awesome piece last weekend. Here it is, I am proud of it, I hope whomever reads this blog enjoys it as well.

I also completed a small piece, that I liked quite a bit also. It was a fun piece to create and a needed rest from the parrot. It has been shipped and now I am just hoping it arrives safely.

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