Well, summer shows are done and I've been photographing all the landscapes in the studio. I've been holed up under photo lights, snappin' away.

This is one of my favorite times of the year - not just the crisp autumn days, which I love. But as soon as the pressure is off and I don't have to work hard to keep up with show sales, I am FREE to experiment on new work all winter long! A little reinvention is good for the soul. I've already been fiddling a bit with new sculpture ideas and it feels GOOD. I can't wait to discover where we're going next (me & my brain).

All my available landscapes are on the "Available Work" page of my web site, take a peek when you get a chance! I'll post some glass experiments as they are ready for their public debut.

Steph

I met a great woman at the Utah Arts Festival back in June. Her friends call her "Turtle" (when I know her better, I will ask why). She is definitely worthy of a unique name. She, (desert girl that she is) oddly, is attracted to art that depicts snowy scenes and she suggested I might want to give it a try. So, for Turtle, I ventured forth to the studio and dragged out a big jar of ground up white glass. Here's the piece still in the kiln -

And below is the finished piece, photographed with a little light behind it. It was just a quick shot, leaning up against an acrylic stand. It will be mounted on its panel in the next couple days.

It's my first snow piece ever and it posed some interesting challenges, being so pale in the ground, sky  and water areas. I called it "First Snow" because, well, you know. I'm happy with the water & rock effects & I'm eager to do more! I don't know if you can see it in the photo, but there are many tiny white tree trunks way in the background. My work is difficult to photograph - your eye can perceive all the tiny distances between glass layers, but the camera lens, not so much. I guess we just have superior equipment.