This has been a very creative and challenging Spring season. In the past several months I’ve had major creative break throughs in my abstract painted chandelier styles. As a professional artist, it’s important to me to have my own signature painting styles and that’s something that I’ve been developing through the years.

Successful artists like myself balance a lot when they work. They must keep their business going on all fronts as well as create commissions, create new works for their galleries and shows and also find time to explore the new ideas that my be percolating in their minds for years. For me, the “new” ideas also means experimenting with my iron fixture styles as well. It’s a lot to juggle! You have to keep all the other balls in the air, moving and there are days where the inspiration just isn’t there. On those days, I break.

Many of my “newest” chandelier concepts at any given time really come out of ideas that I’ve been developing in my mind for many years. This spring, the addition of two new galleries, both of which sell contemporary glass art, has finally given me the push that I needed to explore my reverse abstract painted chandelier concepts for these markets.  My “Circles” series is one distinct concept that I’m really enjoying right now and the chandeliers turn out delightful! I’m also currently exploring other abstract concepts that I’ve had in my mind for a long time and you can see those in my painted chandeliers section or in my future blogs. Sometimes it takes an outside push to move beyond of your comfort zone.

As I’ve said before, a lot of work goes into each of my reverse painted chandeliers! So spending valuable time in taking risks on new ideas isn’t always easy for me…but I’m finally at the point in a creative cycle where all of my thoughts are coming to the surface and they are highly developed ideas so my success rate has been 100% lately. Please check back for new works over the next two months—I promise that you will not be disappointed!