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Inspiration- Trees and the changing seasons seem to be a continual theme and inspiration for paintings.  Here are examples of a Winter Tree and Fall Tree.  I was showing the feeling of the 2 different seasons with the use of different colors to portray the sky colors as well as the color in the trees.  I find it interesting that the music aspect as discussed in previous post appears here as well.

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I enjoy listening to orchestral/classical music, it evokes a multitude of colors and shapes.  Images of different colors for specific instruments come to mind as I listen.  My favorite composers are Beethoven and Vivaldi and I enjoy some works of Mozart, Bach and various other composers as well as operas. I find that this music inspires not only specific paintings/designs pertaining to music but also other designs I create for stained glass.

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Wind flowing through trees has been an inspiration for both my painting and glass work.  I love the sound of the leaves rustling, I imagine the wind not only pushing a tree but flowing around the trunk, spiraling the branches, pulling on them.  It is more of a flowing through and pulling as it goes through to the other side. 

What inspires you? 

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Bike riding is one of many things that inspires me in creating paintings and glasswork.  I can be riding along and images or thoughts pop in my head which I will jot down once I get back home.

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After the last couple of paintings using brushes that were frayed I bought some new ones, looking forward to trying them out.

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In the studio beveling glass!

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After and before pics of a transom window that I installed my stained glass window into as well as some detail shots. I love how it turned out as well as the client.  

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After cleaning the transom window, I draw shape of the center of the clear bevels and cut color pieces of glass, bevel them and bond them on top of the clear bevel using UV adhesive. A UV lamp cures the adhesive.

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Cleaning the stained glass panel for the transom window.  Getting close to finishing.

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Progress for the day on this transom window project.  Only had a couple of hours but I feel good about how far I was able to get.  

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Beginning fabrication of stained glass panel for a transom window in an entryway.

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Bevels are completed and now have to draw out the shapes of them before starting to fabricate the panel.

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Now that the outside curves and straight edges are done, it is time to bevel the inside curves of several glass pieces going into a transom window.

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This is the first stage of 4 in hand beveling glass pieces for a transom window.

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Cutting glass in preparation for hand beveling.  Some color pieces will have a small section beveled to add depth, dimension and light play.

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Drawings studying the line, flow and shadows that were inspired by this leaf.  I really like the flow of this leaf!  These are just preliminary stages before creating a painting.

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Before and after pics of a bathroom window.  I love how the textured glass obscures the neighboring house and client’s roofline.