The Kiss ReMix, 2009

The Kiss ReMix, 2009

Inspired by friends, Jenny and Eric, and one of Jenny’s favorite painting’s (Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss)! The Kiss ReMix is a glass interpretation of Gustav Klimt’s famous painting, The Kiss (original Der Kuss). A wedding present for my two fabulous dear friends, Jenny and Eric!

The four panels highlight the shapes and cloak of the man as you slide down the left side of the piece. The woman’s garment and veil are the concentration in the bottom right panel, and their embrace is highlighted in the top right panel where faces meet. The panels are accented with copper paint on the inside edges, and gold on the outside. If you search closely in the piece you will find gold splattered glass bits in the man’s cloak from Jenny and I’s travels to Ravenna, Italy, home of some of the most beautiful mosaic bath houses and churches in the world.

[Stained glass and grout on wood, 4 panels, 12in x 14in each]

The work displayed in 4ART Gallery:

Klimt's Der Kuss:

The Kiss (Der Kuss)Gustav Klimt
1907-1908
Oil and Gold Leaf on Canvas
Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

The Kiss, 71 in. x 71 in., was created by Australian Symbolist painter, Klimt using oil and gold leaf on canvas in 1907-1908. The painting depicts a couple, in various shades of gold and symbols, sharing a kiss against a bronze background. It resides in the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria.

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Sandy and Derrick, 2009

Sandy and Derrick, 2009

This piece was custom made for the newlywed fabulous couple, Sandy and Derrick! Sandy compiled a list of objects/scenery she wanted to have in the mosaic to give Derrick. The piece was done in an old antique window frame. It starts at the top and zigzag’s its way to the bottom, beginning with the blue glass representing the Renaissance Center, where Sandy and Derrick met, curving through sky, land, and sea. [Stained glass and grout on glass window frame, 17 in. x 32 in.]

The rest of the object in the piece include (mapped below):

1. ND Golden Dome
2. Renaissance Center
3. Chicago Skyline
4. Palm Tree
5. Spoons
6. Crab7. Champagne
8. Cat
9. White Scion
10. Corvette
11. Boat
12. Airplane

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Collide, 2009

Collide, 2009

A wedding present for my friends Ashlee and Bryan, Collide 2009 reflects a deep color palette. The abstract image was created with the base of simple color theory, warm and cool colors colliding with each other, the warmer colors shooting down from the top left into a swirling blue base of deep colors, celebrating Ashlee and Bryan’s union and happiness. [Stained glass and grout on wood, 24 in. x 24 in.]

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Beautiful People, 2009

Beautiful People, 2009

This piece was made with the idea of people’s different qualities enhancing their individual beauty, along with the beauty of human interaction. If you travel from left to right through the piece, colors are grouped together, creating profiles of figure heads; these figures facing and looking different ways to interact and intertwine with each other.

Inspired by a friend who loves and appreciates all types of beauty.

[Stained glass grouted on wood, 60 in. x 24 in.]

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Bellybutton, 2009

Bellybutton, 2009

[Stained glass grouted on wood, 24 in. x 24 in.]

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Midnight Run in the City, 2009

Midnight Run in the City, 2009

This piece is made up of three different types of mirror: regular and cracked mirror, water mirror, and crackled mirror glass. The idea behind it is to take your eye from the top left corner and run through the piece, and as a runner glance back and see a faint city sky line blurred and sparkling. [Stained glass grouted on wood, 48 in. x 17 in.]

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Where Filmore Meets Marina Blvd, San Francisco, 2009

Where Filmore Meets Marina Blvd, San Francisco, 2009

[Stained glass grouted on wood, 32 in. x 9 in.]

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