Sunset High, Opus 339, 2005
Kilnformed glass and metals
Frame 38" high by 54" wide.
Two glass panels, 19 x 20" each

The Birch Series began as a single work in my first solo show. I eventually shipped it to a gallery in Aspen and subsequently the image of distant hills glimpsed through a thicket of trees has nearly become my trademark. This latest incarnation has been rendered using my multiple-firing "impressions" technique to bring my newest landscape works to a multi-panel format. The birch and aspen series was my first successful landscape work since I left the medium of stained glass six years earlier. They now serve as a benchmark, or bellwether for my studio work. Like old friends, I return to the simple graphics and strong colors of these landscapes to mark my progress and feel based in my art form.