With a new home, a new life, and a new kiln, I began to explore the medium of kiln-formed glass.  I am mostly self-taught, with an occasional seminar from some very generous teachers.  One of the things I like most about working in glass art is the sense of support and cooperation among the community of glass artists around the world.  

The other thing I love about glass fusing is the wealth of possibilities for making art.  I am constantly exploring innovative techniques and processes, traditional tools, and fresh materials.   Each time I fire the kiln, I try to learn something new.  A lot of my art is driven by the medium itself, warm glass.  I can use layered light and three dimensional textures in a way that painters can’t. And I can use gravity to explore form.

After 6 years in the tropics, I have again relocated, this time to the high desert of New Mexico.  My newer work is inspired by landscape, sky, and the multi-cultural customs and traditions of this part of the West.  Still, my art is always informed by my years as an architect.  Color, balance, line, and contrast are inherent to the designs I make.  I’ve always loved to build things and now the process of glass fusing keeps me engaged.  

Most glass is recyclable.  I use bottle glass and window glass left over from local construction projects to make fused tableware, with and without color.  I use recycled glass to paint with colored glass frit or to explore form, sometimes without color.  Now my neighbors keep me supplied with recycled glass.  The blue from Bombay Saphire Gin is one of my favorites.

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• Tome Art Gallery in Tome, New Mexico.
• You can see the full range of my work on this website.
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Glass, in its simplest understanding, is sand melted with minerals.  But the power to combine brilliant and shimmering colors, intricate patterns, and organic shapes that live and glow is sheer alchemy.  

I have always loved looking at glass but I came to making glass art somewhat late in life.  After a 30 year career in architecture, I began fusing glass in earnest when, in 2006, I closed my practice and emigrated to Costa Rica .