Dates: November 26th - Dec 16th, 2022
Opening reception: Wednesday, November 30th, 7 -9 pm.
Where: Bay View Art and Lit Gallery, 1321 Bay View Place, around the corner from Scenic Street (see map, below)
The Bay View Art and Lit Gallery is a free little library & miniature art gallery located near the Rose Garden in the Berkeley Hills. See bayviewartandlit.com. You can read more about the gallery in this Berkeleyside article.
I have repeat clients who have commissioned me to make mosaics for them that are very pictorial. The subject matter would often be easiest (for me) to address in a painting. Translating their vision into mosaics can be challenging: glass comes in many colors but not the same gradation of color that one can achieve with paints. The latest work for these clients is based on a view of the pier in Naples, FL, where they have spent time. My goal was to capture the vividness of the sunset and movement of the ocean.
Naples Pier, glass mosaic, 60” w x 30” h
Look near the bottom of the article for my blurb called “Pick a piece you like: you’re the one who will be living with it.” Here’s the link to the full article: Make a Big Splash in a Small Space: Tiny Apartment Decor You’ll Love
Religious iconography is not my forte, but a client asked me to make a mosaic of Jesus. I took it on as a challenge, at least in part because I wanted to test my skill completing a portrait.
Read MoreGenna said that she would like a stained glass window featuring lupines and California poppies. Doug mentioned mariposa lilies. It turned into this 18”h x 16.5” w window.
What do I mean by a magic carpets? I wanted to do something abstract on this wooden tray and I was inspired by, well, planty shapes, but in a sort of regular pattern and this made me think of magic carpets. I don’t know why. I’d like to have this as my magic carpet, although maybe not made out of stained glass.
Clients approached me about making a glass-on-glass tabletop for their new exterior gas firepit so that when it was not lit, they could use it as a low table set amongst their garden furniture. They wanted a mosaic around the outer perimeter of the tabletop. The theme of the mosaic is loosely rendered native plants and birds. I used stained glass on a tempered glass base, with opaque stained glass over the rim and clear stained glass on the interior and exterior portions of the mosaics. The adhesive is UV-curing glue. I built the rim that sits underneath the mosaic and on top of the fireplace rim from stacked and thinsetted wedi board.
Enjoying a beverage at the new table (also known as the gas firepit).
These stained glass windows were created to provide interest in the clients’ dining room and some privacy from their neighbors.
Read MoreTo capture all my artistic interests, it was past time to consolidate my internet presence. With that in mind, denisehartstudio.com is born.
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