Object:
Great Blue Heron
Materials:
Vitreous Glass Tesserae with Black Grout on Cement Board
& Oak Frame
Dimensions:
22-1/4" x 13"
Method:
Direct with interior grade mortar
A
visit from a Heron to our swampy back yard inspired this
panel. There is a reason you see this profile so often
in pictures and artwork, they appear frozen, patiently
waiting for their lunch to walk or swim by.
The
simple graphic quality is very deliberate trying to use
more uniform shaped squares and only adding small details
in the face and a few feathers.
Though
the majority of the panel is very light in color I still
wanted to use black grout. I wanted the obvious flow of
the lines to contrast with the static pose of the subject
matter. Also the black gives you the wonderful appeal
of stained glass.
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