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Inspired by the close up flower paintings of Georgia O’Keefe, celebrating the colour and lure of the flower |
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8 X 10 X 1 inches
Stained glass on glass. Black and yellow tess are layered.
Periodic ground fires reduce overcrowding and recycle nutrients, thereby rejuvenating the fire-resistant landscape.
Made during my 2023 residency at Olive Stack's Gallery of Fine Art in Listowel, Ireland |
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Based on Klimt's now destroyed Medicine mural in Vienna. Framed stained glass mosaic. |
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I really like trying to get shading in with the tesserae. |
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"Solar System Vol. I"
2020
120 cm x 60 cm |
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Another specialty is the series of Film and Stage icon portraits of which Whitney is one. Others include Tine Turner, Prince, Cillian Murphy and David Attenborough.
It was the difficulty of displaying emotions in a hard medium like glass that directed me towards mosaic portraiture.
Size: 65x50cm |
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Made for the Perthshire Open Studios Taster exhibition at the Bield, near Perth.
The chicken / cockerel is one from the Bield's steading, and is quite a flamboyant one! The Bield operates as a charity, and offers placements for young adults who need to learn skills, including communication, work ethos etc... |
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Madam X, glass, foils, inks, porcelain. Life size bust |
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Inspired by a trip to the Lake district when I saw fields of them. I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. ( William... |
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Glass and found objects with Venetian millefiori
For sale |
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Whispering and Screaming
This is one of my favorite mosaics. I like the combination of materials, from the rugged rock to the smalti, marble and slate.
6" x 11"
slate, smalti, marble, rock |
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