I'm always looking for inspiration. Not other artists enamels; more like visions.
Here are a few of my newest:
1. the other day my wife comes running down to my studio, breathless with excitement. "Oh my gosh, you've got to watch this documentary on the Sundance Channel". It's the story of Motown, called Standing in the Shadows. All about the musicians who made the music that if you are over 50 you probably learned by heart as a child. It's such an amazing story about the lives of the musicians, who came together as the Funk Brothers Band, that I have to buy several DVD's on Amazon as well as a CD of the soundtrack, which brings together the remaining living artists and some contemporary vocalists to re create some of the old motown favorites. If you enjoy this music, you will love the story as well as be enchanted by the music.
2. Spent a weekend in Winter Park Florida while my wife exhibited at their annual Art Fair. The Morse Museum is at the end of the street where the show is being held. It's a museum dedicated to the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany (stained glass fame) and is houses the largest collection of his work in the world. Visited it two days in a row while taking breaks from helping my wife at the show. I remember the thrill I had in the early days of my career (1981) when i saw a Tiffany Stained Glass exhibit at the de Young museum in San Francisco. Had never seen anything like that in the world. Light, color, glass, design, and nature, all rolled into one. My visit to the Morse, besides enchanting me and motivating me to create works which will stand the same test of time as Tiffany's, helps me remember why I love Cloisonne. He was one of the pioneers of stained glass, making his own glass, layering glass, integrating it with metal forms (lamps). The light and color envelops me, the close up views of individual pieces of glass have me shaking my head in amazement, and the pieces from a distance inspire me to continue to learn about composition/design and apply these foundations to my own enamels. Wow.
I'm always looking for inspiration. Not other artists enamels; more like visions.
Here are a few of my newest:
1. the other day my wife comes running down to my studio, breathless with excitement. "Oh my gosh, you've got to watch this documentary on the Sundance Channel". It's the story of Motown, called Standing in the Shadows. All about the musicians who made the music that if you are over 50 you probably learned by heart as a child. It's such an amazing story about the lives of the musicians, who came together as the Funk Brothers Band, that I have to buy several DVD's on Amazon as well as a CD of the soundtrack, which brings together the remaining living artists and some contemporary vocalists to re create some of the old motown favorites. If you enjoy this music, you will love the story as well as be enchanted by the music.
2. Spent a weekend in Winter Park Florida while my wife exhibited at their annual Art Fair. The Morse Museum is at the end of the street where the show is being held. It's a museum dedicated to the work of Louis Comfort Tiffany (stained glass fame) and is houses the largest collection of his work in the world. Visited it two days in a row while taking breaks from helping my wife at the show. I remember the thrill I had in the early days of my career (1981) when i saw a Tiffany Stained Glass exhibit at the de Young museum in San Francisco. Had never seen anything like that in the world. Light, color, glass, design, and nature, all rolled into one. My visit to the Morse, besides enchanting me and motivating me to create works which will stand the same test of time as Tiffany's, helps me remember why I love Cloisonne. He was one of the pioneers of stained glass, making his own glass, layering glass, integrating it with metal forms (lamps). The light and color envelops me, the close up views of individual pieces of glass have me shaking my head in amazement, and the pieces from a distance inspire me to continue to learn about composition/design and apply these foundations to my own enamels. Wow.
