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Denver: 2010 Bead Invitational.
Exhibition: May 1 - May 31, 2010
Opening Reception: May 1, 2010 5-8pm
Bead Making Demonstrations: May 1 and 2
Work from ten international artists from Israel, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Australia, South Africa and Turkey will complement that of more than forty important American artists at this year's Bead Invitational at PISMO Fine Art Glass, 2770 East Second Avenue in Cherry Creek North, Denver. The exhibition, the gallery's fifth annual, opens May 1st with a public reception in the gallery from 5-8pm, and continues throughout the month.
The show celebrates the art of the bead and its place in glass art.
Bead-making demonstrations, a crowd favorite, are back again this year. From 10am-8pm on Saturday, May 1, and from 11am-5pm on Sunday, May 2, you can enjoy watching the artists at work creating their miniature masterpieces. Blending techniques passed down through the centuries with their own personal styles, seven Colorado artists and Dawn Harbor of Iowa will demonstrate a broad range of innovative work - from glass berries by Elizabeth Johnson to cowgirls by Patti Genack. Bead aficionados will be able to examine, handle, compare and purchase individual beads by each of the artists.
With more than 50 artists participating in this year's exhibition, there will be a stunning variety of pieces including individual beads, jewelry made from beads and sculpture and "paintings" made with beads.
Individual beads, which are truly miniature works of art, delightfully tell their own story. These beads can stand alone or are often incorporated in fashionable pieces of jewelry by creative bead designers. Colorado artist Ruth McCorrison uses small seed beads to create realistic landscape "paintings". Tom and Kathy Wegman of Iowa embellish found objects with beads to create wonderful, whimsical treasures. Gwen Hatchette, another Colorado artist and first time participant, creates lovely beaded fabric collages.
The main floor of the gallery will be devoted to all forms of beads for the month while the rest of PISMO's usual, fine art glass selection will be on view on the second floor of the gallery.
 Denver: Mercurio, a solo exhibition of works by internationally recognized artist Dale Chihuly.
Exhibition: January 15-March 14, 2010
Opening Reception: January 15, 2010 6-8pm
PISMO Gallery is pleased to present Mercurio, a solo exhibition of works by internationally recognized artist Dale Chihuly. Mercurio opens on January 15, 2010 with an opening reception from 6-8pm at PISMO’s Denver gallery at 2770 E. 2nd Avenue in Cherry Creek North. The exhibition, which runs through March 14th, features Chihuly’s newest series of work, exciting silvered sculptures that add even more dimension to his already amazing repertoire.
Mercurio will feature Chihuly’s Venetian series including large-scale Venetians and Piccolo Venetians all of which have had silver applied as the base color. This stunning application gives the work a reflective quality that enhances the three-dimensional aspect of the work. The exhibition will also include a dynamic new Icicle Chandelier, Ikebanas and Drawings.
PISMO is honored to bring this exhibit to the Rocky Mountain region.
About Dale Chihuly:
Dale Chihuly is an internationally celebrated artist, known chiefly for large compositions made of multiple pieces of blown glass. His work is often characterized by dynamic, organic forms and bold use of color. Chihuly’s work is included in more than two hundred museum collections worldwide. His largest architectural installations include Chihuly Over Venice in 1996, Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem in 1999, Chihuly at the V&A (the Victoria and Albert Museum in London) in 2001, and the de Young Museum in San Francisco in 2008. In addition his exhibitions within botanical settings, including the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago (2001), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, near London (2005) and the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Coral Gables, Florida (2006, 2007), have drawn world-wide acclaim. The artist maintains an online pressroom at http://www.chihuly.com/pressroom/index.html.
Aspen: Marlene Rose.
Exhibition: February 4th - February 24th, 2010
Artist Reception: February 4th, 2010 5-9pm
Marlene Rose has mastered the technique of cast glass and creates luminous sculptures that combine the serene image of the Buddha, the spiritual symbolism of the bell tower, the scarab or the lotus. She combines the glass - fine-grained, rugged or smooth, transparent or translucent, colored and clear - with visually strong elements of rusted iron fragments. The complex texture and robust color of the of the iron sets off the glass, resulting in a body of work reflecting the vigor and power inherent in the process, as well as a delicacy of spiritual beauty.
Casting glass is a hot and arduous process. Once Marlene scoops up a heavy ladle of glowing, liquid molten glass from the furnace, she carries it to the sand molds she has carefully prepared. Assisted by her crew, she carefully pours the glass into the molds. Like bright, white molasses, it eases into the sand molds and begins to cool. Her crew immediately heats the glass in the mold with portable burners to slow the cooling process, making sure there are no hot spots that might later cause cracks. Each piece must slowly be brought down to room temperature - a process called annealing - that can take several days to weeks, depending on the thickness of the glass.
Marlene says, "My goal as an artist is to inject life into whatever I make - in simple terms - to make the piece come alive." And she does just that.
Denver: Holiday Open House.
Saturday, December 5th, 2009. 10am - 6pm
Sunday, December 6th, 2009. 10am - 5pm
Live Glass Making Demonstrations by Deborah Carlson, Dan Crump, John Frazier, Joshua Hershman & Elizabeth Johnson.
Free gift wrap, layaway, shipping available, free praking in our garage.
10% off all ornament purchases. Holiday Open House Weekend only.
Denver: Joshua Hershman. Day Residue.
Exhibition: November 6 - 25, 2009
November 6th: Artist presentation 5-6pm
Opening Reception 6-8 pm.
In conjunction with Denver Art Week (November 6-15, 2009), PISMO Fine Art Glass is pleased to present a solo exhibit of the work of mixed-media artist Joshua Hershman. Day Residue will feature a combination of cast glass cameras and unconventional photography - work that is thought-provoking, unique and well-executed, making Josh an emerging artist of great interest. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Friday, November 6th from 5-8 pm at PISMO Gallery, 2770 E. 2nd Avenue in Cherry Creek North. The exhibition will be on view from November 6-25, 2009.
Josh's most recent series of sculptures titled Day Residue is named after Sigmund Freud's theory of why we dream. These pieces encourage new ways of looking at photography and allow the optical and fluid qualities of glass to bring deeper meaning to the photographic image. By taking photographs and joining them together with glass, he is able to link two diverse vocabularies into a unique sculptural vernacular. As these ideas and images connect, the natural play of light and optics inherently found in glass imitates the actual process of taking pictures and exposing negatives. Using the camera as a starting point for his creative process, he attempts to emphasize the beauty of its design and function by focusing on how images shape our memories, dreams and consciousness.
To explore this theme, Josh imbeds photographic images between the layers of clear glass that form the camera. He accomplishes this by sandblasting the image, applying enamels into the recessed areas, adding more layers of glass and firing the completed form. This creates a permanent black and white image within the depths of the glass. The cameras have a cloudy, slightly textured surface which enhances the dream-like abstraction of the images, further developing the theme of the work. In some pieces the original photograph, duplicated within the glass, is presented on the wall opposite the camera, making the sculptures function as multi-media art installations. The Day Residue series is very conceptual and contemporary but also has a nostalgic character that is quite engaging.
Denver: Jenny Pohlman/Sabrina Knowles.
Exhibition: June 11 – July 2, 2009
DADASpeak: “Sustaining Creativity” - a discussion with Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles:
Thursday, June 11th, 5-6pm. Our reception with the artists will follow at 6pm.
“Sustaining Creativity”:
What is creativity? Is it a finite entity or can it be nurtured, sustained? And by what means? How does culture influence creativity? Current affairs? Leading Northwest artists Sabrina Knowles and Jenny Pohlman discuss responses to these and other pertinent questions from interviews with Seattle-area artists of all media; including Trimpin, the 1997 McArthur Genius Award recipient.
Denver: Gerry Newcomb.
Exhibition: July 3 – July 24, 2009
Artist Reception: July 3, 2009 5-8pm
Aspen: Stig Persson. Also dynamic new murrine work by David Patchen.
Exhibition: July 2 – July 23, 2009
Opening Reception: July 2, 2009 5-8pm
Stig Persson:
David Patchen:
Denver: 2009 Bead Invitational – 50 artists from around the world present the finest in individual beads, along with jewelry and sculpture made from beads.
Exhibition: May 1-May 31, 2009
Opening Reception: May 1, 2009 5-8pm.
Glass Bead Making Demonstrations :
Saturday, May 2nd, 10am - 6pm
Sunday, May 3rd, 11am - 5pm
Participating Artists:
Kimberly Affleck (Washington), Laura Bowker (Washington), Jay Bridgland (California), Cindy Brown (Colorado),
Deborah Carlson (Colorado), Phyllis Clarke (California), Ronit Dagan (Israel), Nirit Dekel (Israel), Stephanie Ann Dieleman (Canada), Linda Dolack (Illinois), James Daschbach (Washington), Kim Fields (Michigan), Kate Rothra Fleming (South Carolina), Kim Z. Franklin (Pennsylvania), Kerri Fuhr (Canada), Patti Leota Genack (Colorado), Karen Gilbert (California), Rachelle Goldreich (Israel), Vickie Hallmark (Texas), Dawn Harbor (Iowa), Jamie Harris (New York), Bronwen Heilman (Arizona), Elizabeth Johnson (Colorado), Debra Kallen (Canada), Yuka Kawakita (Japan), Marianne Kohler (Switzerland), Sara LaGrand (Kansas), Toni Lutman (California), Laura Maddams (Calif/Washington), James Minson (Australia/WA), Paloma Nishenko (Colorado), Akihiro Ohkama (Japan), John Olson (Colorado), Kristen Frantzen Orr (Nevada), Jeanine Owen (Florida), Karen Paust (Pennsylvania), Mario Rivoli (Colorado), Wayne Robbins (California), Terri Caspary Schmidt (New Mexico), Joyce Scott (Maryland), Larry Scott (Washington), Stephanie Sersich (Maine), Yasmin Sivan (Israel), Emiko Tanoue (Japan), Heather Trimlett (California), Pati Walton (Colorado), Jeri Warhaftig (New Jersey), Kathy & Tom Wegman (Iowa), Pamela Wolfersberger (Ohio), Stefani Woodams (New York), Karen Woodward (Missouri), Manuela Wutschke (Germany), Margaret Zinser (Arizona).
April Fools No Fooling Trunk Show.
Exhibition: April 1-31, 2009
People can’t get enough of Jane Barthelemy’s Marco Polo
Designs. So we’re rolling out her entire Spring jewelry collection
-bracelets, necklaces, earrings. Come see, come save with a
15% no-fooling discount on all Marco Polo pieces from April 1st
through the 21st. This discount is good at
all four PISMO locations – Aspen•Beaver Creek•Denver•Vail – for three weeks only.
Enjoy a 15% nofooling
discount on Marco Polo, April 1 through 21.
Aspen and Beaver Creek: Murano Glass Artist Davide Salvadore.
Exhibition: February 14th through March 6th, 2009
Opening Reception Aspen: Saturday, February 14th, 2009 5 - 8 p.m.
Opening Reception Beaver Creek: Saturday, February 14th, 2009 3 - 6 p.m.
Pismo Fine Art Glass is pleased to present a solo exhibit of the work of Davide Salvadore, a significant Italian glass artist. The gallery will host a reception for the show on Saturday, February 14, from 5 to 8pm at PISMO Gallery at Aspen and from 3 to 6pm at PISMO Gallery at Beaver Creek. Both exhibitions will be on view from February 14 - March 6, 2009
Salvadore's work includes a series of double necked vessels called Ancella, (meaning African water-giver) and musical instrument forms called Chitamarra (Venetian slang for lute-like instrument). His most recent works, the Tiraboson and Spingarpa series, continue in the musical instrument theme but are Davide's own interpretation of musical instruments. Davide employs some of the oldest Venetian glassblowing techniques such as murrine, canes, incalmo and axis changing. He unites the technical perfection of Venetian tradition with evolving contemporary artistic taste.
Salvadore's works convey African sensibility and inspire their viewers to consider cultures outside of their own. In describing his work, the artist says, "My artwork finds its source form the culture, landscape, people and way of life of the African Continent. First and foremost, my inspiration is guided by the image of "Ancella," the unforgettable image of a woman gently carrying a vase on her head. The strong and exaggerated use of colors, truth and sinuosity of her movement inspire me with the ideas necessary to initiate my work. In African culture, colors are fundamental factors of identification; hence, I have mostly utilized earth-tones in the composition of my pieces. I also incorporate other elements of African style such as vases, shields, spears and boats."
Salvadore's Chitamarra, Tiraboson, and Spingarpa series are equally inspiring. They embody the spirit of music, as they are balanced, fluid and graceful. Their forms are passive and poised yet they are pieces that make a statement wherever they are displayed.
Davide seeks to create a tactile experience from his work. He says, "Unlike various other art forms, with glasswork it is essential for the participant to use his sense of touch. I encourage my audience to have a real encounter with each piece. I want them to touch it, to caress it and to understand the shapes and movements. Simply, I want the enthusiast to experience what I feel for my art - passion and love."
Aspen: ABSTRACT PAINTER ANDREA DASHA REICH AT PISMO FINE ART.
Exhibition: December 20th, 2008 through January 20th, 2009
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 30th, 2008. 6 - 9 p.m.
Pismo Fine Art is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Florida artist Andrea Dasha Reich. The exhibition, entitled Color Complexities, includes recent abstract paintings made with layers of crayon, pastels, oil paints, minerals and metallic materials interspersed with epoxy resin on wood. The gallery will host an opening reception to meet the artist on Tuesday, December 30, from 6 to 9 pm. The exhibit will be on view from December 30, 2008 through January 20, 2009. Pismo Fine Art, located at 433 East Cooper Ave, is open every day from 10 am to 8 pm.
Dasha's luminously complex paintings are about the expressiveness of color. She playfully attacks her work with slashes, strokes, stripes, washes and drizzles of concentrated pigments. She then creates the illusion of glass by floating pigments, stains and metallic foils between deep, revealing layers of epoxy resin. You can see river currents, spiraling galaxies, river stones and flora silhouettes in her vibrant montages.
Dasha says, "I have been very fortunate as an artist in that so many of my works have been collected. Although artistic creativity is extremely important and vital, I feel that mastery of technique is almost equal to it. Epoxy resins play a vital roll in my artwork. They are very complex compounds and exhibit great difficulty infusing colored pigments with any degree of control. The Color Complexities exhibition is part of a lengthy stream of experimentation, trail and error to gain control over the union of my intent as an artist and the materials. Looking at it is a source of inner inspiration and a reminder that the willingness to experiment and try different approaches of using materials is a never ending story. My belief that " color is life" constantly reminds me that color, like life itself, demands constant attention to observe it's endless maturity of changes, alterations, and flexibility to respond and offer new and exciting visuals."
Also included in this exhibition is glass work, recently completed, at the invitation of a famous German glass studio. Andrea's challenge was applying her color vision and art skills to complex glass techniques of melting, layering, and fusing molten glass into forms of spectacular dimensional beauty.
PISMO Hosts Holiday Open House Featuring Local Jewelry Artist Suzanne Williams.
Open House: December 6th, 2008 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m.
PISMO Fine Art Glass, Denver's foremost gallery for glass art, will be hosting a holiday open house in their Cherry Creek North location from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on December 6, 2007. The open house will kick off their holiday season and will feature the work of local artist Suzanne Williams, who combines glass, gold and silver in her contemporary art jewelry. The artist will be present at the event.
Williams is a local artist inspired by her many years living in Colorado. Her work balances both realistic and abstract design elements in a shadow box style, mixing silver and 18K or 22K gold with glass and gemstones. "I think of my shadow boxes as being small visual vacations, transporting people to a different place momentarily," says the artist. Many of her pieces feature miniature scenes of natural or urban settings. "I've found they're catalysts for social interaction; people find themselves in conversations because of a piece of mine that they're wearing."
Suzanne Williams is represented exclusively at the PISMO galleries. PISMO's owner Sandy Sardella says, "I'm very pleased that Suzanne has selected PISMO as the exclusive representative for her work. Her jewelry is exceptional--it more than meets PISMO's high standards for excellence and design."
The holiday open house will also feature PISMO's distinctive glass ornaments displayed on three glimmering Christmas trees. These ornaments are created by artists from around the world. Refreshments will be served.
Denver Arts Week: First Friday “Fear No Art” Preview on November 7th from 6-8pm and Denver Arts Week opening on Nov. 14th from 6-8pm.
Exhibition: Nov. 7 – Nov. 22, 2008
“Art Couturier”: a wonderful selection of glass, dress-shaped sculptures by Florida artist Kathleen Holmes. Kathleen’s sculptures are both charming and thought provoking – each telling its own story. Her works are mixed media sculptures incorporating glass, textiles, oil painting, ceramics, metal, paper, crochet and assemblage.
House Dress. 18 x 9 x 5
Industry. 16.5 x 11 x 8
Denver: Host Fund Raiser for GRRR.
September 11th, 2008 5-8PM
PISMO Fine Art Glass, Denver's foremost gallery for glass art, is one of four Cherry Creek North businesses that will host a reception for Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies (GRRR) on September 11th from 5-8pm. The other participants include Show of Hands, Eccentricity and Clayton Lane Fine Arts. Each business will contribute 10% of their sales that evening to GRRR.
GRRR is an all-volunteer, non-profit group formed in 1996 that rescues, rehabilitates, and finds new homes for Golden Retrievers. Its mission is to place unwanted, abandoned or surrendered Golden Retrievers into safe, loving, forever homes. GRRR, with the assistance of numerous foster families, is able to place approximately 300 Golden Retrievers a year in new permanent homes. Jake, a beloved member of my family, is a GRRR alum.
In addition to a percentage of sales, there will be a wonderful array of silent auction items available to raise funds for this worthy cause. PISMO will auction off a "Golden Retriever Dog Door" by well known Denver artist DD LaRue with all proceeds from the sale of the door going directly to GRRR. DD says, "Because the relationship between dogs and humans is the oldest and most complex alliance between two species, they provide unique metaphors to the human condition. Exploring the human/dog connection through my anthropomorphic canines, I intend to provide an illuminating mirror for us, the 'dominant species.'" DD, a true dog lover, is a foster parent for the Chinese Crested Dog Rescue Group.
There is no admission charge, but donations to GRRR will be accepted.
Aspen: Ulla Darni. Paintings from Light. Reverse Painted Glass Panels.
Exhibition: August 2, 2008 – September 30, 2008.
Opening Reception: August 2, 2008 6-9pm
Aspen: Steffen Dam. A solo exhibition of the blown bowls and botanical panels of Steffen Dam.
Exhibition: July 3, 2008 – July 25, 2008.
Opening Reception: July 3, 2008 6-9pm
Denver: Annual Bead Invitational.
Exhibition: May 2, 2008 – May 31, 2008.
Opening Reception: May 2, 2008 6-9pm
Artists include:
Jeff Barber, Anastasia (Anja) Basan, Jay Bridgland, Andrew Brown, Cindy Brown,
Patti Cahill, Deborah Carlson, Jane Burch Cochran, Patti Dougherty,
Kate Rothra Fleming, Kim Z. Franklin, Bernadette Fuentes, Beth Gaertner,
Greg Galardy, Patti Leota Genack, Dawn Harbor, Doni Hatz, JC Herrell,
Petra Janssen, Elizabeth Johnson, Yuka Kawakita, Sara LaGrand, Connie Lehman,
Kristina Logan, Kate Fowle Meleney, Christine Marie Noguere, Akihiro Ohkama,
Kristen Frantzen Orr, Jeanine Owen, Claudia Pagel, Karen Paust, Nancy Pilgrim,
Jenny Pohlman/Sabrina Knowles, Donna Powers, Isis Ray, Mario Rivoli,
Erica Rosenfeld, Audrey Schaub, Terri Caspary Schmidt, Dora Schubert,
Larry Scott, Stephanie Sersich, Mary V. Smith, Loren Stump, Emiko Tanoue,
Heather Trimlett, Kathy Wegman, Tom Wegman, Kim Wertz, Holly Wiese,
Beth Williams, Stephanie Woodams, Betsy Youngquist, and Nancy Zellers.
Aspen: Steven Weinberg. Transitions. A solo exhibition of the cast glass sculpture of Steven Weinberg.
Exhibition: March 14, 2008 – April 4, 2008.
Opening Reception: March 14, 2008 6-9pm
Denver: Glass and Photography. The exhibition, which coincides with the annual meeting of the Society of Photographic Education, will feature the work of two artists who incorporate glass and photography in their work: Elizabeth Mears and Nicole Ayliffe.
Exhibition: March 1, 2008 – March 31, 2008.
Denver: Lino Tagliapietra. A solo exhibition of the work of Italian glass maestro Lino Tagliapietra.
Exhibition: March 7, 2008 – March 28, 2008.
Opening Reception: March 7, 2008 6-8pm
Denver: Dale Chihuly. A solo exhibition of the work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly.
Exhibition: January 11, 2008 – February 29, 2008.
Opening Reception: January 11, 2008 6-8pm
Beaver Creek: Dale Chihuly. A solo exhibition of the work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly.
Exhibition: January 09, 2008 – February 29, 2008.
Vail: Stephanie Trenchard. A solo exhibition of the cast glass work of Stephanie Trenchard.
Exhibition: January 17, 2008 – February 7, 2008.
Opening Reception: January 17, 2008 6-9pm
Aspen: Matthew Curtis. A solo exhibition of the work of Australian artist Matthew Curtis.
Exhibition: February 7, 2008 – February 28, 2008.
Opening Reception: February 7, 2008 6-9pm
Aspen: Roger Thomas. A solo exhibition of the fused glass paintings of Roger Thomas.
Exhibition: December 27, 2007 – January 17, 2008.
Opening Reception: December 27, 2007 6-9pm
 Denver: Holiday Open House/Suzanne Williams.
Exhibition: December 1st, 2007. 10am-6pm
Featuring sterling, gold and glass jewelry by local artist Suzanne Williams. PISMO is very happy to welcome Suzanne back to the gallery after being on her own for the past few years. PISMO will be the exclusive representative of Suzanne’s beautiful work.
Denver: Murrini Mystique - Group Exhibition
Exhibition: October 5th, 2007 - October 31st, 2007.
Opening Reception: October 5, 2007, 6-8pm
Works by:
Alex Abajian, Gary Beecham, Scott Benefield, Paul Cunningham, Claire Kelly, Dante Marioni, Robin Mix, Martie Negri, David Patchen, Stephen Powell, Lynn Read, Kait Rhoads, Richard Ritter, Davide Salvadore, Anthony Schafermeyer, and Sam Stang
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Presented in conjunction with Cherry Creek North's "Art Within Reach"
Aspen: Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles.
Exhibition; August 10th, 2007 – August 31st, 2007.
Artist Reception: Friday, August 10th, 2007 from 6-9pm
Aspen: Dante Marioni.
Exhibition; July 5th, 2007 – July 26th, 2007.
Opening Reception Thursday, July 5th, 2007 from 6-9 PM.
Denver: It’s All About Beads II
Exhibition; May 4th, 2007 – May 31st, 2007.
Opening Reception Friday, May 4th, 2007 from 6-8 PM.
Individual beads and jewelry and sculpture made from beads by some of the top bead makers in the world.
Participating artists include, but are not limited to, Dan Adams, Kim Fields, Kate Rothra Fleming, Bronwen Heilman, Elizabeth Johnson, Linda Kalweit, Sara LaGrand, Laura Leonard, Kristina Logan, Melanie Moertel, John Olson, Kristen Frantzen Orr, Janice Peacock, Nancy Pilgrim, Emiko Sawamoto, Terri Caspary Schmidt, Barbara Becker Simon, Dustin Tabor, Emiko Tanoue, Heather Trimlett, Pati Walton, Beth Williams, Jennifer Wood, and Betsy Youngquist.
Example Work:
Kate Rothra Fleming
Linda Kalweit
Laura Leonard
Kristen Frantzen Orr
Nancy Pilgrim
Terri Caspary Schmidt
Emiko Tanoue
Aspen: Minimalism. Danish Glass Artists, Tobias Mohl, Stig Persson, Trine Drivsholm
Exhibition; March 1st, 2007 – March 22nd, 2007.
Opening Reception Thursday, March 1st, 2007 from 6-9 PM.
Tobias Mohl
Stig Persson
Trine Drivsholm
Aspen: Christopher Ries. Optical Reflections.
Exhibition; February 9, 2007 -February 28, 2007.
Opening Reception Friday, February 9th, 2007 from 6-9 PM.
Michelangelo said, "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." Christopher Ries finds his "angels" in glass and uses high tech tools to cut, carve, grind, and polish the glass to release the sculptures that he sees. Although he carves glass, it is almost as though Ries sculpts light itself. With each cut and beveled edge he controls the way the light reflects and refracts, bending it into patterns and releasing all of the colors of the rainbow that clear glass contains.
Ries' work, which would have been impossible to produce or even envision even fifty years ago, is the perfect synthesis of science and artistic vision for our time-bending light to his will, he creates stunning abstract sculptures that engage the viewer on every level.
Ries who sculpts from blocks of pure lead crystal describes his work in musical terms.
I have chosen a pure material and a pure form. It is analogous to singing a cappella. Few singers have such a pure voice that they can rivet you in time and space, but it can be an even more powerful experience than singing with accompaniment and embellishment.
The clean lines of a Ries' sculpture are always pleasing, but it is the internal images that command our attention. They are constantly changing depending on the angle of viewing and the ambient light. However, these internal images don't actually exist. They are illusions created by Ries' skillful manipulation of the properties of light and they bring what he calls a fourth dimension to his sculpture. Ries can skillfully cut one notch into the glass that will blossom into an illusion of a 360 degree flower. His work is highly exacting and demands technical perfection at every stage of the process. One piece can take months and in some cases years to complete, but the result is well worth the effort, a pure elegance that sings to the soul.
For more information about Christopher Ries “Optical Reflections,” or fine glass art, contact Caroline Harris at PISMO Fine Art Glass at 970-920-1313 or caroline@pismoglass.com
Beaver Creek: Douglas Rich. Feathers in the Snow.
Exhibition; February 17th, 2007 - March 3rd, 2007.
Opening Reception Saturday, February 17th, 2007 from 4-7pm.
Contact information:
PISMO Gallery at Beaver Creek
Village Hall
45 W. Thomas Place
Beaver Creek, Colorado 81620
970-949-0908 www.pismoglass.com nicole@pismoglass.com
Aspen: Illusions of Glass; The new work of mixed media artist Andrea Dasha Reich and glass artist Debra May.
Exhibition; December 27, 2006 - January 17, 2007.
Opening Reception Wednesday December 27th, 2006 from 6-9 PM.
Both Andrea Dasha Reich and Debra May work with the illusions inherent in glass. Reich begins with wood and builds layers upon layers of pure pigment with circles, spirals, slashes, drizzles, drops and washes of color followed by resin, until the finished product is an explosion of color and reflection, creating the illusion of glass.
Debra May’s intricately carved work requires a skilled artist with precise control. Her work is difficult and time-consuming to produce: one vessel might take as much as 40 hours to create. The result? Stunning vessels with designs deeply etched into glass the colors of a brilliant sky at dusk. May’s work evokes images of the deep canyons of the Southwest or tongues of fire leaping up the side of a bowl. The reflections are equally dramatic and often create the illusion of a separate piece of work.
Contact information:
PISMO Gallery at Aspen
433 E. Cooper Avenue. • Aspen, Colorado 81611
970-920-1313 www.pismoglass.com caroline@pismoglass.com
Denver: Noel Hart. Parrotism.
Exhibition; November 17, 2006 – December 8, 2006.
Opening Reception Friday, November 17th, 2006 from 6-8 PM.
Noel Hart lives in the Australian rainforest and paints on both canvass and glass. His brilliantly colored abstracts are inspired by the parrots and tropical birds that surround him at his home in the sub-tropical rainforest near Byron Bay in Northern New South Wales. Hart’s interest in tropical birds began more than 20 years ago. With their brilliant colors and plumage, he still finds parrots a fascinating subject, although according to Hart his representation of parrots has changed quite dramatically over the years.
“Originally they appeared quite figurative,” Hart says, “but over time they’ve been deconstructed, reconstructed, simplified and heavily abstracted to their present form (or non-form), in both the paintings and glass pieces.”
Hart’s blown glass work is quite complex and requires a team of skilled artisans to complete. One blown vessel may have more than 40 gathers of brilliantly colored hot molten glass that Hart paints onto a clear gather of glass. For Hart the hot glass is akin to hot paint with “someone else loading the brush and bringing it to me to apply to the canvas (the bubble.)”
As an artist, Hart is comfortable working in many different mediums, but he has been concentrating on blown glass and oil paint on linen for the last six years. As he continues to create both on canvas and with glass, each medium begins to take on the properties of the other. His large, expansive canvasses are feasts of brilliant color that have a glassy appearance and his blown glass pieces are becoming more painterly.
For more information about Noel Hart, “Parrotism,” or fine glass art, contact Sandy Sardella at PISMO Fine Art Glass at 303-333-2879 or info@pismoglass.com
Denver: TRUNK SHOW--Mariquita Masterson of Houston.
Wednesday, August 9, 2006 11 am-4 pm
Light refreshments served.
What fun! John Wright, jewelry designer with Mariquita Masterson of Houston, is bringing a large collection of Mariquita’s elegant jewelry to PISMO Fine Art Glass, August 9th, from 11am to 4pm. For those who know and those who would like to know Mariquita’s jewelry, this is a trunk show you won’t want to miss.
What you’ll see and be able to do:
You’ll see a large collection of glass art jewelry from Mariquita Masterson. You’ll also meet Wright, one of Mariquita’s designers and an expert in glass jewelry. At the trunk show you can purchase or order jewelry from the show or work with Wright to create a special order, which is always easier to do in person. This is couture jewelry. The craftsmanship and quality are excellent and each piece, as you should expect with couture jewelry, is unique allowing the designer room to be creative within the Mariquita style—a style that is totally recognizable even from a distance.
Mariquita Masterson grew up in Mexico City, was fascinated with glass as a child and loved to watch the glass blowers working at a local glass company. In the 1980’s she was chairing a museum ball in Houston and visited a local glass blower whom she’d hired to design unique vases for the event. There Mariguita spotted chunks of gorgeous glass that the artist didn’t plan to use and let her have—and quite by accident her new career was born. It wasn’t long before Mariquita was showing her first collection of unique jewelry.
With its brilliant colors and shapes, Mariquita’s jewelry is elegant and fun at the same time. It also mixes and matches with what you already own as it works well with precious stones, wood jewelry, other glass and especially pearls. That adaptability has always been part of Mariquita’s vision. Today Mariquita Masterson has a loyal clientele across the country. Prices for the collection range from $200-$3,600.
Aspen: John Lewis. Architectural Elements in Glass.
Exhibition; August 4th, 2006 - August 25th, 2006
Opening Reception Saturday, July 1st, 2006 6-9 PM
Most Americans, whether they know it or not, have seen John Lewis' work. His studio is perhaps best known for its contribution to the Oklahoma City Memorial Project. The 168 empty bronze and glass chairs, one for each of the persons killed in the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, evoke powerful memories of grief, shock and loss. The memorial was designed by Hans and Torrey Butzer. The John Lewis Glass studio constructed the cast glass used in the chairs, which are hollow, and illuminated with an internal light.
It wasn't the first monument the Lewis studio helped create. John Lewis Glass designed and built a memorial for the City of San Jose commemorating all branches of military service, and a memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring Secret Service personnel killed in the line of duty. His large studio (10,000 square feet) allows him to create and produce very large work, and gives him the freedom to think big, a luxury most glass artists don't have.
John Lewis opened his art glass studio in 1969 after becoming fascinated with blown glass. A little more than a decade later, a $15,000 National Endowment of the Arts grant allowed him the freedom to begin exploring other methods of working with glass including cast glass. Over the years he's become famous for his cast glass sculptures, including vessels, tables, pedestals, benches and site specific architectural projects. His work is sculptural, solid and structural-- often incorporating simple shapes. The execution is offered in a variety of shapes, forms, textures and colors and fits with both classic and modern architectural styles.
For more information about John Lewis, "Architectural Elements in Glass," or fine glass art contact Caroline Harris, at PISMO Gallery at Aspen at 970-920-1313 or caroline@pismoglass.com
Denver: Magan Stevens. One-of-a-kind painted glass and metal sculptures.
Exhibition; July 1st, 2006 - July 21, 2006
Magan Stevens has had a long and enduring fascination and appreciation of what she refers to has “handsomely designed tools and similar articles from times gone by.” In her exhibit, One of a Kind Oil and Gas Cans, she gives new life to old objects that were once tossed aside as no longer useful.
Originally a painter, Magan brings a painterly approach to glass. She uses permanent glass paints to create a reverse-painted image on transparent flat glass. For example, she might paint a still life of some of the old oil cans that she’s collected or perhaps she will paint an old red pick up truck on the glass. As she describes the process, “…the painted glass is later ‘picked up’ hot on a three-dimensional glass form. The painted pane is smoothly melded to the form so that the shiny, glassy side is on the exterior, and the image is mildly distorted in the process.”
The result is an oil can that is elevated to a new status, much like the homeless man on the street dressed in a Brooks Brothers suit. The glass-wrapped oil can now commands our respect with its sculptured shape and elegantly arched spout. It is a transformation that Magan honors. Although she has dressed her oil and gas cans in age-befitting glass suits, she titles her exhibit simply One of a Kind Oil and Gas Cans. She seems to be saying they are what they are—tools, which once served a useful purpose in a world that no longer exists. Both deserve our appreciation and respect.
The Red Truck.
Aspen: Densaborou Oku. " Fish Out of Water."
Opening Reception Saturday, July 1st, 2006 6-9 PM
Exhibition; July 1st, 2006 - July 21st, 2006
PISMO Gallery at Aspen presents glass and metal artist, Densaborou Oku's new work.
"The Narrow Road to Oku" is a classic work of Japanese literature written by Matsuo Basho some 300 years ago. Ostensibly it is about a long journey to the town of Oku, but it is also a journey into the interior, deep inside what makes all of us human. With his new work, the Samurai Series, Densaborou Oku takes us on an artistic journey to his interior experience. His fish are out of water, nothing but a head and skeletal bones; but they are very much alive, their bones ever so slightly bending, propelling them through the flow; their brilliant colors stippled with water reflected sun. Oku's fish force us to look inside to the very structure of being. He sculpts the bones from molten glass. For the fish heads, he searches for old metal objects that have outlived their usefulness. Out of this conflation of the fragility of glass and useless objects, Oku creates new life, an artistic reincarnation.
About his new work, Oku's friend, former teacher and mentor, artist Steve Tobin writes:
"…Cast bronze and fabricated steel fish heads, expressively oil painted, combine with multi colored blown glass vertebrae to create quirky lifelike personalities. Seeing the anthropomorphic qualities of discarded metal implements such as an antique stove, a butcher's meat grinder and an art deco lamp base and more, Oku laboriously restructures them into lifelike characters that spark to life when combined with fleshy blown glass bones. While using a methodology that is quite Frankensteinian in process there is nothing awkward and stuck together about the result. Personalities emerge in the sculptures that resemble eccentric people one would hope to encounter in a crusty fishing boat in the Sea of Japan or in a bar where fishermen might lure their salty pals. They are the many faces of Oku. "
Source: The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, Winter 2005-2006
PISMO Gallery at Aspen is located at 433 E. Cooper Avenue, Aspen, Colorado.
For more information about Densaborou Oku and "Fish Out of Water" contact Caroline Harris, at PISMO Gallery at Aspen at 970-920-1313 or caroline@pismoglass.com
Denver: "It's All About Beads" - Bead Invitational including individual beads, and jewelry, paintings, and sculpture all made from (or of) beads from over 30 participating artists.
Opening Reception Friday, May 5th, 2006 6-8 PM
Exhibition: May 5th, 2006 - May 26th, 2006
Barbara Becker Simon
Heather Trimlett
Kristen Frantzen Orr
Kristina Logan
Featuring work by: Dan Adams, Dolly Ahles, Lucy Bergamini, Jo Bean Chambers,Julie Coogan/Ollie Appel, Ann Davis, Patti Dougherty, Melissa Earley, Diana East, Leah Fairbanks, Kim Fields, Kate Rothra Fleming, Jennifer Geldard, Karen Gilbert, William Glasner, Connie Grant, Sage and Tom Holland, Shari Hopper, Caitlin Hyde, Elizabeth Johnson, Sara LaGrand, Kristina Logan, Kate Fowle Meleney, Ralph Mossman/Mary Mullaney, Gail Crosman Moore, John Olson, Kristen Frantzen Orr, Connie Parkinson, Janice Peacock, Brad Pearson, Nancy Pilgrim, Jane Praxel, Mario Rivoli, Wayne Robbins, Erica Rosenfeld, Emiko Sawamoto, Terri Caspary Schmidt, Joyce Scott, Stephanie Sersich, Barbara Becker Simon, Dustin Tabor, Roxanne Taylor, Heather Trimlett, Veruska Vagen, Pati Walton, Holly Wiese, Kim Wertz/Greg Galardy, Beth Williams, and Betsy Youngquist.
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