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what’s happening in the studio
here’s my latest:
a new sign for Mooresville Arts!
I was interviewed by Canvas Rebel Magazine
read it here
Now on display in Texture & Textile
An exhibition of ArtPop Street Gallery alumni artists
Cain Center for the Arts
21348 Catawba Avenue, Cornelius, NC
through August 9
Surf
Italian smalti, 24k gold smalti, mirror, Italian millefiori, vintage Czech crystal beads, glass cabochons, glass beads, shell discs and dichroic glass drops on handmade substrate with tinted grout.
10” x 21” x 2”
$3,000.00 purchase here
A happy new birdbath
for the local wrens,
finches and cardinals!
![Late Summer mosaic zinnia art by Brenda Pokorny](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/929f82f9-712f-41f6-a884-0e8365d1cc15/MOW1139-late-summer-mk-hi-no-frame.jpg)
Late Summer
Italian smalti in tinted mortar with tinted grout background
12” x 12”
$2700
Winner in Artist Space Gallery’s Botanicals ‘24 exhibition
photo credit: Mitchell Kearney
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Get Lost Mazes
a new company staging immersive art installations
based on my mosaic mazes and labyrinths
introducing:
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Fabulous feature article in Charlotte Magazine November 2023 issue!
Taylor Bowler explores the mosaics and decor, and the process of creating a home around them with the vision and expert guidance of designer Anne Miller of Miller House Interiors.
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![2023 Charlotte mag1.jpg.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/a9945c65-34b3-46f7-a2b2-2755bf00df78/2023+Charlotte+mag1.jpg.png)
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Artwork shown in these photos by: Nico Amortigui, Julia Lawing, Kathy Murray, and Annie Beringer
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click here to view all these in detail, and to see all of my mandala pieces
click artwork image to purchase
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Texas Wildflower Mosaic Benches
for Horseshoe Bay, Texas
![IMG_6115.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1699372231545-R46ZHV6HMUD9EWZ8BPZC/IMG_6115.jpg)
![IMG_6110.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1699372251800-CJMG9YEWTVEVAM38J1DB/IMG_6110.jpg)
![IMG_6129.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/bdef66eb-94fc-41d1-ac82-b997240928f1/IMG_6129.jpg)
![IMG_6130.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1ae939f0-8647-4e5d-8a24-20641c124448/IMG_6130.jpg)
![IMG_6131.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/143d3a11-40d2-4091-ac76-81dca250a404/IMG_6131.jpg)
![IMG_6134.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/0fade00e-2f6f-41b8-87ac-46c8ca6a8f93/IMG_6134.jpg)
![IMG_6135.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/0689668c-28c9-4bb5-b3bb-a70a202001be/IMG_6135.jpg)
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Super Hero Mosaic Garden Bench
a colorful mosaic garden bench honoring a beloved son
stained glass, handmade porcelain tile, vitreous tile, glass cabochons
on cement bench seat and legs
photography credit: Mitchell Kearney
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150 Flowers
count them!
stained glass
31” x 18”
$3000.00
awarded first place in Guild of Charlotte Artists Fall Show!
Judge’s comments:
”I liked the fresh medium, the composition and clean technique in a difficult and unusual medium.”
photo credit: Mitchell Kearney
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Secret Garden
inspired by the charming book The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and by trellis patterns from the Alhambra, I imagine lying on my back on a warm late-Spring afternoon enjoying the rose vines interwoven along the trellis overhead
stained glass
24” x 24”
$3600.00 purchase here
This piece has been awarded a Judge’s Choice award in Springfest at Mooresville Arts
Spring 2023
It made a brief appearance in Get Lost! after dark at Charlotte SHOUT April 2023
photo credit: Mitchell Kearney
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Rheims Reimagined
inspired by the long-lost labyrinth at Rheims Cathedral in France, reimagined as a hedge maze
stained glass and glass tile
29” x 29”
NFS
$3000.00 purchase here
This piece was included in Springfest at Mooresville Arts, Spring 2023
It made a brief appearance in Get Lost! after dark at Charlotte SHOUT April 2023
photo credit: Mitchell Kearney
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my art tweeted and featured on google arts & culture site 2x!
celebrating
world kindness day and random acts of kindness day
recently completed pieces:
![Secret Garden](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1689112149374-JZQOYQU1IY5W590VAOSQ/secret-garden-lo-no-frame.jpg)
Secret Garden
![Mr. Minotaur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/89fc6b4f-59b9-4cfe-9713-486357a48c37/MOW1131-Mr-minotaur-hi-no-frame.jpg)
Mr. Minotaur
![Rheims Reimagined](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1687460370644-0METENP8VIQ1LSLHOFUB/rheims-reimagined-lo-sno-frame.jpg)
Rheims Reimagined
![Vienne Labyrinth](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1673994278882-0NGTV3JWMSQHL9SQDZC3/ss-vienne-labyrinth-mk-hi-no-frame.jpg)
Vienne Labyrinth
Hummingbird Table
![Tide Pool 1](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/c25df391-de75-4a02-a4df-194037672547/ss-tide-pool-1-mk-hi.jpg)
Tide Pool 1
![Tide Pool 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/e8f08df5-4ba4-49ab-a044-d46b107f1239/ss-tide-pool-2-mk-hi-no-frame.jpg)
Tide Pool 2
![Beach Bond](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1642866799505-E4X11DUC7G6Z6FOGEF71/MOW1111%2BBeach%2BBond.jpg)
Beach Bond
![Surf's Up!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/17bed393-b3c9-4c18-ae21-60737c8cd2fb/ss_surfs_up_1300px.jpg)
Surf's Up!
![Mr. Manatee](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/d0b69550-fc56-49e1-9c9d-d8cf5604c710/Mosaics+Mr.+Manatee.jpg)
Mr. Manatee
![Enter Here](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1689546217694-CW5WHJRS8DHLA0QLD4MV/enter-here-hi-no-frame.jpg)
Enter Here
![150 Flowers](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1691363764906-ID4IASDFWUQPECJH6B1E/150-flowers-5000.jpg)
150 Flowers
![Late Summer](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/929f82f9-712f-41f6-a884-0e8365d1cc15/MOW1139-late-summer-mk-hi-no-frame.jpg)
Late Summer
![Get Lost Mazes Logo](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/6cccab91-fae5-4801-962c-80fc1e14bc1f/get-lost-mazes-no-frame-lo.jpg)
Get Lost Mazes Logo
![Whirlpools photo credit: Mitchell Kearney](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/ae39bcce-d5b3-4c2a-bf6d-aa0c68c8b34a/ss-whirlpools-mk-hi.jpg)
Whirlpools photo credit: Mitchell Kearney
Griebel the Garden Gnome
Angel Wings
![Pawlicious Poochie Pet Rescue](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/784a0556-c55e-4795-a4ee-f177690d7ab2/IMG_7684.jpg)
Pawlicious Poochie Pet Rescue
![Tree of Life photo credit: Mitchell Kearney](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/7edb9c9d-fa80-41de-9062-0739d09346e0/ss-tree-of-life-mk-lo.jpg)
Tree of Life photo credit: Mitchell Kearney
![A Day at the Beach photo credit: Mitchell Kearney](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/9ef3361f-7fdf-4e38-8b90-a800498fbc75/ss-a-day-at-the-beach-mk-hi.jpg)
A Day at the Beach photo credit: Mitchell Kearney
![Winter Garden Bench](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/ea716a87-f414-4bb0-b875-92f237b71302/ss-winter-garden-bench3.jpeg)
Winter Garden Bench
![Surf photo credit: Mitchell Kearney](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/c9599df6-0a9a-4f62-a98e-14fbaff209fb/ss-surf-mk-hi.jpg)
Surf photo credit: Mitchell Kearney
![Love Mandala](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/86d46bf9-85ad-404e-932d-bef0512c4b66/MOW1136-love-mandala-mk-hi-no-frame.jpg)
Love Mandala
![Light Mandala](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/b1077b20-c127-4b07-b361-5a0d03f42365/MOW1135-light-mandala-mk-hi-no-frame.jpg)
Light Mandala
![Grace Mandala](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/6e63182b-f3ff-4a49-a74b-f742df8236ea/grace-mandala-no-frame-5000%2Cjpg.jpg)
Grace Mandala
![Texas Wildflowers I mosaic garden bench](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1699372231545-R46ZHV6HMUD9EWZ8BPZC/IMG_6115.jpg)
Texas Wildflowers I mosaic garden bench
![Texas Wildflowers II mosaic garden bench](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1699372251800-CJMG9YEWTVEVAM38J1DB/IMG_6110.jpg)
Texas Wildflowers II mosaic garden bench
![Superhero mosaic garden bench](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/5bb2ff0f-0765-46b3-aada-960dfc36de5f/MOB5011-superhero1-lo.jpg)
Superhero mosaic garden bench
emma+winston
![peace love puppies rotti](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1673993868790-6QBTT99XFRL2FO6Y6TQJ/ss-plp-rotty-mk-hi.jpg)
peace love puppies rotti
![peace love puppies doodle](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1673994003008-AVUWRGY0TRE4FYDHGUTJ/ss-plp-doodle-white-frame-mk-hi-crop.jpg)
peace love puppies doodle
cecil+kody