Niagara Glass Mosaics

Artistic endeavours in glass and paint. Growing up in the arts and crafts community so prevalent in Nova Scotia, I have been creating artwork since childhood and given away many, many projects. Now, I finally feel like I have my 10,000 hours in (as Malcolm Gladwell would put it) and taking a leap to try to sell my items. I enjoy every minute creating my artwork, even when that means breaking out another bandaid from a glass slice. I have a background in biology, and am an avid gardener, thus I draw much inspiration from nature. I also have a deep love of art history, in particular the art deco, expressionist, and impressionist movements. I love geometric designs in stained glass, and create primarily these shapes when designing. The main medium I work in now is glass-on-glass mosaics using repurposed windows. This technique enables me to create glass images with more flexibility than I could with traditional stained glass, and enable me to use painting techniques with glass as the "paint". I create my images freehand and primarily create images I have designed myself, but occasionally riff on works that I find inspiring such as Group of Seven artists such as Tom Thomson, Lawren Harris, as well as Van Gogh. Feel free to visit my ETSY shop "NiagaraGlassMosaics" or my website to check out more works or purchase a piece...just remember if you are in the Niagara or Southern Ontario region if you want to make a purchase delivery to your home can probably be arranged and you can avoid those pesky shipping fees :) Enjoy! Michelle