Design
January 4, 2025
Scrolling through my photographs, I see this as one of my favorites. It is so lush and abundant, as if it were after a heavy
This blog is about my life in my studio over the last fifty-two years, exploring creativity and being self-directed. I’m sharing this because I am all too aware of the struggle it takes to go out on one’s own and make art one’s life work.
I hope that sharing my experiences will make your journey less complicated and more financially rewarding.
My concern for the future of artists and art drives me. That’s why my blog is free, ad-free, and interactive. It’s a space where we can all share and learn together.
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Design
December 31, 2024
Around twenty years ago, I experimented with combining glass and metal motifs. This was a design for a powder room entrance. Starting with a garden
Design
December 29, 2024
I enjoy collaborating with other artists. This collaboration was for a home near Charlottesville, Virginia, around twenty years ago. I created panels representing the four
Design
December 27, 2024
This is one of my current projects. It will be installed in my patron’s bedroom, where he can enjoy the beauty of the evening sky
Design
December 21, 2024
I created this window in 2021 for a dear friend and patron who lives in Floyd, Virginia. It was for an interior transom. Typically, I
Design
December 17, 2024
I created this window for a home in northern Virginia around thirty-five years ago. The 1/2-inch thick glass borders beveled on our 1915 beveling machines
Color Selection
December 13, 2024
This window is part of a series depicting the four seasons for a home North of Washington, DC. I created the series in 2020. I
Creativity
December 11, 2024
Over the years, my focus has been creativity. I’ve only passively studied the history of art glass. I learned a little here and there. I
Designing
November 30, 2024
There are times when I get a little carried away and over-design. Usually, there is a transition in my mind when I can’t find what
Promotion
November 25, 2024
1985, we worked with St Peter Baptist Church in Glen Allen, Virginia, creating their new stained glass windows. Before social media, we would share our
Self
January 13, 2025
I’m going to be seventy-six in a couple of weeks. I spend considerable time thinking about life, especially the changes that have occurred during my
Self
January 6, 2025
Focusing on color enriches my life every day. As a young man, I was so busy trying to meet others’ demands that my mind was
Design
December 26, 2024
I enjoy creating movements in my designs. It heightens interest, often as a surprise element. I start with studying sheets of glass. The only control
Self
December 23, 2024
I believe it is essential to have a rich emotional life. Not only to be aware but to dive deeply into its meaning, to better
Self
December 15, 2024
The proper title for what I do is artist/craftsman. I first heard of this description when I was in my early twenties. I was drawn
Design
December 10, 2024
There are days when going to work is pure joy. So much of my time is spent dealing with communication, taxes, insurance, fixing problems, and
Marketing
December 8, 2024
Marketing, the ever-changing mystery commission artist must have some understanding of to survive. Over the years, I have sent out postcards and letters, attended appointments
Self
November 29, 2024
Creating the art glass windows I make takes a lot of study. First, I must study the idea, translate it into a drawing, find and
Self
November 24, 2024
I have found a most enjoyable way to exercise. I peddle my stationary recumbent bike for thirty minutes five days a week. Over the instrument
Self
November 9, 2024
I have never liked stereotyping people. I’m not good at it, and I almost always feel bad if I do. Of course, it’s just a
Design
January 10, 2025
I spent most of today working toward completing my project, depicting a fall evening scene by the Blue Ridge mountains as if standing on an
Design
December 19, 2024
I designed this front door transom for a home in Richmond, Virginia, thirty years ago. The homeowners didn’t pursue the idea, so it became a
This was my very first sign
December 8, 2024
It was 1972. After working on the kitchen table for several months, I rented an upstairs studio apartment in Carytown, a retail district in Richmond,
Craftsmanship
December 4, 2024
I created this window for the Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia, in 1990. The beveled glass is 3/8 inch thick and beveled
Family
November 27, 2024
I designed this window for Tanden Friends School in 2001. We sent our children to this small Charlottesville, Virginia, school modeled after the transcendentalist. There
Self
November 24, 2024
Glass cutting is something I take seriously. Each type of glass cuts slightly differently, requiring varying pressures on the little wheel at the end of
Shop
November 23, 2024
We heat our shop with wood. Living out in the country, there is always plenty of firewood from fallen and dying trees, and of course,
Bevels
November 19, 2024
I created this transom for a home in Richmond, Virginia, in 1994. All the bevel glass transoms I’ve seen in the older parts of Richmond
Self
November 17, 2024
When I started my journey in 1972, I was 23 years old. One of my biggest challenges was pricing my work. I remember how nervous