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10 x 8 x 1 inches
Stained glass on glass
Fires can be destructive when they burn the crowns.
Made during my 2023 residency at Olive Stack's Gallery of Fine Art in Listowel, Ireland |
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Vitreous glass on wooden bowl |
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Another beautiful bird, this time one that lives by the sea. |
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This Bluebird mosaic is on permanent exhibition as part of the City of Culture,
Flight to Freedom BAMM North exhibition at Hull Paragon
Interchange Station. The murmuration of birds
depict the journey of European immigrants to Britain and to
the USA. |
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Strix is a barn owl who will live under an ornamental pear tree in Wales, after spending a couple months in "Art in the Garden" at Hopetoun Garden Centre, West Lothian, Scotland.
Strix is made of aluminum wire and cement adhesive and is covered in mosaic pieces ranging from shells, to silver spoons to... |
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Inspired by the Peri-Meno-Pause
Stained glass in resin, lotus leaves, lead, grout and shells |
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Triple clock created for the BAMM 'Constellations' Exhibition at Chester Cathedral. |
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The Butterfly Garden Mosaic, Swinford, County Mayo |
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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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The idea for ‘Curiosity’ is inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s cabinet of curiosities in the Library of the Abbotsford House on his estate. ‘Curiosity’ was purposely designed and built as a cabinet to incorporate an earlier artwork from 1995 called ‘Intitled’. This piece is made from a glass blown bottle with scorched,... |
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Glass on glass mosaic |
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Size:23x12cm
Material:opalescent glass on wood base |
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~9 X 9 X 1 inches
Stained glass on glass
Some plants depend on periodic fires to maintain their population numbers. This is a closeup of the flowers in one of my early mosaics, Radiance.
Made during my 2023 residency at Olive Stack's Gallery of Fine Art in Listowel, Ireland |
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Venice is where I am from and the most beautiful city in the world (and the city of glass!) |
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A piece inspired by the teaching of Lawrence Payne. The tesserae are very small, Cinca and lightweight, so glued directly only a round artist canvas. All very experimental, but it worked. Such a lot to learn about Roman mosaic techniques and rule, but am enjoying immersing myself in the history of it all. |
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Organic sunflowers growing in a field of white flowers in the natural reserve of Lindre Basse, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Made with broken yellow glass plates, green mugs and millefiori with glass rods. |
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Horse Sculpture in mixed media mosaic donated to Rachel Sager's Ruins Project, a disused coal mine in Pennsylvania USA. |
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The tile I did at LSoM |
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This 20m2 mosaic commissioned for a new 13 storey building in Sheffield took me about 6 weeks of long days to make. I loved working with the pastel colours which are an expanded palette of the suffragette colours. Working with Professor Julie Gottlieb from Sheffield University to create the timeline etched in brass... |
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