Gallery SHOWS at Crystal Mirage Gallery St. Petersburg, FL

Shows

COME MEET AWARD WINNING ARTIST
JO-ANN WEST PEARCE
AT
Crystal Mirage Gallery
800 Second Ave. NE at the Pier
727-895-1166
info@crystalmirage.com
www.crystalmirage.com

FIRST SHOWING IN FLORIDA

July 8th 2006 5:30-9:00
Join us on this special event meet the artist and enjoy her work!
JoAnn West Pearce
See more of her work
July 8th 2006 5:30-9:00

JoAnn West Pearce

When JoAnn was eleven she was discovered by her parents drawing in her closet late one night by the light of a candle. Since then her love of art and art making hasn't diminished, although her lighting arrangements have been drastically improved. She worked for many years as a civil and mechanical draftsman and designer. From there she moved on to owning a designer gallery in Florida. Even while she balanced the demands of family, home and a career, she always knew that someday she would be able to return full time to her art. When she and her husband relocated to the Rogue Valley in 1995 she knew that time had finally arrived.

JoAnn has studied art at Rogue Community College and with noted pastel artist, Roni Marsh. JoAnn's award winning work has received wide regional recognition and has been featured in several local shows. Her handling of her subject matter and materials reveals a growing mastery of her skills and a talent for conveying a sense of mood and a subjective interpretation of the visual world. Her infectious enthusiasm and love for making art drives her continuing growth and serves as an inspiration to create. As she said, "Art is now my passion and my exploration of it is the most intriguing thing I could think of doing." As she moves from candlelight to spotlight her work has the power to inspire us all.

NEW GALLERY SHOW!

April 8th-May12th 2006

Presenting new Glass Art by Robinson Scott

Carol saw his work at the Gasprilla Art Show in Tampa, Fl and really liked it, hope you will too!

After 27 years of working with glass, I still walk into the studio with eagerness and anticipation. Knowing that I will use my skills and lungs to breath life into the glass to create works of art, is incredibly stimulating. Glass is the best material for expressing creative ideas. The possibilities it offers are never ending, always unfolding from one to another. As I have worked with glass over the years, I am impressed with how much I continue to learn. The techniques and applications not only seem limitless, the fact has become painfully obvious that I will run out of time on earth before I run out of ideas for creative expression in glass. I spend time with glass pursuing difference and personal perfection in form and design. I enjoy the challenge of change, ever striving to learn new designs, techniques, and approaches in glass. I sincerely enjoy this exploration. Nothing makes me happier than when a piece of glass I have made, takes my breath away as I remove it from the annealer where it cools. There are times when I am so inspired by a day's work that I can hardly wait to return to the studio the next day to see the results and begin working again. Glass is perpetual that way, each day with it, each experience with it, stimulates ideas and motivates me to further test, expand and explore my abilities

Making a piece of glass is about the process, if you are not actively involved in the process very little will result. The fact that glass is such a process-oriented material has enlightened and enriched my life. Our lives are so much about process, working with glass has taught me to enjoy those many interactions without having so much invested in the end product or goal. There is no better lesson in life than to have a piece I have worked so hard on, fall to the floor and break. If I hadn't enjoyed the process of making that piece I would have lost that experience as well as the piece.

Over the years I have come to know many members of the glass blowing community. I thoroughly enjoy being part of such a vast association of such diversely talented and creative people. I greatly enjoy and appreciate the experiences and richness my association with glass has brought into my life.

Show opening December 10 th 5:30-9:00 PM
In conjunction with the DAA Gallery Walk
FREE and open to the public

December 10 th thru January 10 th , 2006

Schlanser autumn bowl

Crystal Mirage Gallery at the Pier is celebrating the end of their reconstruction . So we have dusted ourselves off and are featuring clean and shining transparence in glass. Schlanser is our featured artist famous for his work in thick glass. One plate, “T he Maple Leaf is a fall from grace into greatness, captured in time.” It weighs over 22 lbs. His meaty pieces shine with flecks of gold.

Contact Us:
Mirage Crystal Gallery Inc.
The Pier
800 2nd Ave. NE
St. Petersburg, Fl 33701
727-895-1166
1-877-977-5754 (toll free)
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