Heterochromia

This piece is an interpretation of Wolves by Andreas Preis. The piece is 24" x 24" and is made from my extensive pile of scrap glass.

For me glass is the most mysterious and magical of materials. I love the way glass constantly changes with the light. No two pieces are ever the same and you can look at a piece and it will look different every time. I spend my time searching for new ways to use stained glass to make forms and colors; to paint with glass. Each piece I create is original and will not be duplicated. I enjoy working in ways that are unique —that’s what I love to do.

The living world provides an endless variety of good subjects for stained glass windows. My work brings vivid, yet subtle and intricate, images of living forms into people’s living and working spaces.

The distinctive quality of my work is a feeling of depth in the representation of natural subjects, whilst retaining recognizable traits of traditional stained glass art. In my stained glass windows and panels, this impression of depth is largely an illusion created by careful use of color and texture.

The richness and beauty in the light, texture, and color of stained glass make it a wonderfully satisfying medium in which to work. I think of my methods as a little like painting. We never perceive the fur on an animal as uniformly black or brown. So, while I work, I have a large variety of glass spread out around me like a palette. By choosing each piece carefully, I can get artful variations of shade and hue.

• Stained glass
• Copper foil