Beautiful Glass Art

Hubby taught Art at the local High School for over 30 years. He is really very talented but he rarely does any art work of his own. He always said it is like asking the Postman to take a walk on his day off. He uses his creativity in landscaping and decorating these days. I am hoping that one of these days his creative bones start acting up and he begins painting again.

When we bult our church, the parish wanted stained glass windows on each side of the altar. Churches and stained glass just go together. The original plan as to have a huge stained glass design. That was scrapped once Jim gave them a $$ reality check. So he designed two windows for them that would be affordable to do. He opted not to do the actual glass work. He's done small projects but one of this magnitude? He left it to the experts.

Jim created the art work used for all of the brochures, banners, etc. used for the fundraising when we built our church. When it came time to choose a stained glass window design, everyone wanted to use that design. He had to recreate it so that it would work and this is how it turned out. It is St. Andrew (the church's patron Saint) leading all others, working together to one goal. Frankly, Jim and I neither one were wild about it but everyone insisted.

This window is very special. When we built our house the main bathroom ended up without any outside window. I wanted light! So Jim designed a stained glass window for the bathroom. This one he made from design to finish. Isn't it pretty?

The shade on this lamp was pathetic. It has been many years and I don't remember what it looked like exactly but I remember it was horrid. We bought the lamp at an auction, knowing it would be perfect for a stained glass shade. This was Jim's first attempt at stained glass work. He's so dang talented!