Art Deco Glass, Gold Guilded, Palladium leafed by master glass artist De Carter - Ray

The three elements are ever present, Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air.

Horses Running on Beach

I was called to a project to design some tropical flowers on a pair of entry doors into a clients office. During the initial interview, I listened in the background for a third choice that was not considered yet. As my job is to listen to what purpose is I am to complete for the client. I so put on his coat for a while.

It is in these moments that I have an opportunity of doing what I do best, to create a new idea not yet considered. To explore what it is to be an artist. The three elements are ever present, Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air.

The inspiration for these art pieces came from a client who lived on a ranch with horses as a young man. He recently purchased a beach house on the California coast, it is here where we began the process of expressing the freedom he felt retiring at this new home. 

What started as tropical flowers ended in what you see in the drawings before you. 

 The glass measuring 63 x 20 to be placed in the office doors, laminated safety plate was the proper material for this application. The giant surf, on a blustery day pounding the beach, is a power that gives one a sense of aw and respect. Nature has a capacity of giving us moments of beauty that cause a silence in the spectator of it all.

Horses without tether charging there way through the white water, charging, splashing, jumping, running. Freedom of the wind in your face, and water rushing toward shore as they charge on, in the game catch me if you can, joyously playing out before your eyes.

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“When I am in the sand blasting booth I often get in to a zone that is called time bound. This is where time shrinks and expands I forget about all that is surrounding me for the time being, the only thing in the world is the glass in front of me.

I concentrate on the art that I drew days before, following the line where I am carving (blasting) a piece of work literally one 1/4 of an inch at a time. I locate the sandblast material and watch the glass move away like melting ice. I spend days rendering pieces, pausing as my energy fades, take a break eat, hydrate, then go back in for 2 - 3 hour sits at a time. . 

Sea lions of California, Moasics

"Snuggles"

Snugles"

These two pieces were made back to back, choosing the California sea lion as a subject, I wanted to make a water color out of glass.

Each one was colorized individually on the base art using Opal art glass, most of the pieces are smaller than 1/4" x 1/8". I wanted to create movement, playfulness, and a celebration of what it must feel like to swim in the water so freely.

The piece to the right is titled "Dive" I hope you enjoy them.

This beauty was inspired by Frank Lloyd Write's design. It was made at the request of
the architect Todd Schooler, of Newport Beach, CA. Both he and the home owner
worked meticulously in choosing the color and composition of the window.
A pleasure to build, a piece of art.

The home is located in Newport Beach, CA
When the decision for the color of the material
was to be made, all of us looked at the stone
surrounding the entry door, unanimously it had to be blue and green, with a touch of gold.



The project was an exploration in the true Frank Lloyd Write design style. Classic

I just love this door.
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Working in the Box

You can see how I work the glass

The light in the sandblasting booth is all about illuminating the background so I may see the glass moving away.
There are times I spend 2 to 4 hours at a time with ear plugs in concentrating on the dance of
watching the glass melt like ice. I have earplugs in to compensate for all the noise as it can be very tiring.

Hello, what a finished piece looks like, before it is unwrapped. The tape as you can see is burned from the blasting. When you are rifling aluminum oxide out of a nozzle 100  miles an hour is is hard to conceive the beauty that can
be made in this unfriendly environment.

As you can see from the back of the glass todays work was successful!

Pete Balseal  contacted me to create a family heirloom window for his home. Fabricated out of 3/4" Crystal Weighing 350 lb. was designed with the utmost care.

Pete gave me the espradrills shoes to draw them correctly, choosing the mountain, His mothers crest in the right, his father's crest on the left.

The flag of spain is located in the lower right,

The Familia Sargatha on the left lower section of the window.

"Dancers doing the Sardana"

I had to draw the costumes of the dancers one by one. Pete sent some items to my Studio at the time of design to make sure I got it right.

Right down to the Espedrills that the dancers are wearing, I had shoes on my desk!

The "Sagrada Familia Cathedral"  is located in the city of "Barcelona" Spain. The attention to the detail on the columns that rise to the sky were very challenging on this large scale project. A real math problem I really enjoyd the process

of sorting this one out.

The Photo to the left is from the master bath area of the home.
The illustration covers 5 separate windows.

The couple shared sailing and wanted to incorporate it into their life. Success !

To the Right you see a close up of the door notice you can see the two men on the helm of the boat. Tilting in the water as they peak out from behind the helm, and the sail. It was a challenge and I really enjoyed the process of this wonderful project.

I hope you enjoy it too.

Photographing Orchids

I was out doing some research on a new project.
Photographing some orchids for the piece is part of the whole

 Close up of the detail

 Capture the way the flowers rock back and forth on the shaft
It gives the piece a depth of feel

I just love doing research in the process of creating, seeing what is possible