For me it's a fun and fulfilling process to make metal bend in elegant circular shapes that blacksmiths refer to as scrolling. It's also quite an art, to scroll freehand and actually make a nice looking scroll. It takes practice and a good eye. If a person does not have a good eye then all [...]
Every artist learns from their work. Being an artist is a bit of an odd occupation and when you are creating you often have a lot of time to reflect on life. Your life's force and how your life is inspired is what drives the creative process. When artists say that they put their heart [...]
All of my reverse painted glass chandeliers, flower and grape nightlights and table pieces are signed by me. These are all hand made fine art creations, not mass manufactured in China. It's rare in today's world that you meet artisans who create functional works of art and fine, high-end lighting that are made here in [...]
Real estate in Hawaii may not be very affordable but you can still have an island memory in a small vignette painting. This small Hawaiian island cottage painting was one of four island cottage vignettes commissioned by a Real Estate agent in Silicon Valley (California). Palm trees and bamboo sway above quaint tin red roofs. [...]
My hand painted glass chandeliers are made by hand, by me. You would never know this if I didn't point it out. The glass bowls that I use to create my special reverse painted glass chandeliers are special for many reasons. First they must be of extremely high quality. Any fixture that you see in [...]
This contemporary art glass, reverse painted chandelier was inspired by a spring garden. Green ferns, lush grasses, wildflowers, woodland textures are accented with the surprising form of the red passion flower. This unique hand painted chandelier concept comes from the temporate Coastal California climate. Passion flowers bloom in coastal areas such as Half Moon Bay. [...]
I just found out that La Quinta Arts Festival is now ranked 3rd in the country (as opposed to 8th) in terms of art festivals. There will be some excellent contemporary glass art at this show and I am proud to personally know a few of the artists who exhibit at this top-tier event. I [...]
I am one of the original painters that joined into the Painting A Day aka Daily Painting movement several years ago. The basic concept of this movement was based on creating one small work each day and then selling the painting on the web for $100. Most paintings from this era were 6"x6" or 6"x8" [...]
A bit over two years ago another glass artists friend who is also very well known in her on right, convinced me to create a line of small hand painted night lights as an alternative to my chandeliers. Anytime an artist develops a new piece there is considerable time that can go into making the [...]
I am an ASID Industry Partner based in the Northern California ASID Chapter. I run my business, creating my hand made, reverse painted glass chandeliers out of my home gallery studio and this helps me keep the prices for my work down but does not effect my ability to produce multiples and large works for [...]
What questions do you have about the hand painted glass chandelier art form? I spend a lot of time talking about this unique but old art form that illuminated countless homes in the Victorian Era and the new part of the last century. Actually, there weren't a lot of painted chandeliers from what I can [...]
There are a couple different answers to the question above. The rare art form of the reverse painted glass chandelier and lamps allow for a lot of different color possibilities. I could go on endlessly about the different possibilities and the different ways in which I approach the painting of these beautiful chandeliers and I've [...]
