I take commissions all year for orders to be completed August through January.  During the rest of the year I’m building inventory.  

Generally, the process for developing a commission is:

1. Contact me via email or phone or digital message on one of my social media sites to describe what you are interested in.
2. If the work seems appropriate to my style and skill level, and you are willing to wait, we continue discussion.
3. Once we have agreed on a basic idea for a window or mosaic, you’ve shared artwork dimensions, and I have shared a general sketch, I will ask for a down payment of approximately 30% of the final estimate.
4. Usually, the final cost will be in the range of $300 – $400 per square foot of finished product depending on complexity of the design, design time, and materials used.
5. I can occasionally deliver finished artworks in western Oregon, and I have shipped large glass pieces all over the US.
6. As with most artists, it is preferable to be granted artistic liberty to allow natural changes and evolution of a design and details to take place free from the need to communicate through every change.

The art and craft of stained glass was passed to me from my parents here in beautiful southwest Oregon. I’ve been designing and building stained glass pieces since the 1990s and have inherited a booth at the Oregon Country Fair where I sell my juried art. I use the Tiffany style of stained glass – wrapping each piece in copper foil before soldering. This type of glass art product essentially calls in the magic of light to play with the finished semi-transparent piece.

My venture into mosaic art came later and has opened a new dimension in play with texture and pattern. In mosaic application I find more freedom in selecting materials. 

In 2018 I discovered the joy of mosaic! This process primarily uses stained glass pieces bonded with grout, instead of soldering, and light reflects off the surface rather than through the glass. A wider variety of materials is used in my mosaics such as copper wire, found objects, stone, tile and wood. Mosaic offers a new feel to my work and creativity – grout lines play a larger role in the feel of each piece, with textures and varied materials giving a deeper sense of earthiness.

All of my work is deeply inspired by the natural world, organic lines and richness of color. I currently work out of a studio at my house in southwest Oregon.