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what’s happening in the studio
here’s my latest:
![Full Bloom mosaic garden bench](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/3bea0bb6-3702-402c-aa64-900b6006172f/IMG_0303.jpg)
Full Bloom garden bench
stained glass, glass tile, and ceramic tile
25 H” x 54 W” x 25 D”
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a new sign for Mooresville Arts!
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I went on a Caravaggio Quest:
![Martyrdom of Saint Ursula 1610](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/562c8315-89c1-4d27-87aa-8f308a60b3d1/IMG_7896.jpeg)
Martyrdom of Saint Ursula 1610
![IMG_7896 (1).jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/b3a93ef0-fcc6-4dee-b381-06d1adaeb7df/IMG_7896+%281%29.jpeg)
![IMG_7897.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/490544a7-ee37-47eb-bb65-48a3a90cb745/IMG_7897.jpeg)
![John the Baptist 1602](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/a6b03abc-3739-4400-8fda-4e33872a72ce/IMG_9501.jpeg)
John the Baptist 1602
![John the Baptist 1604](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721775305460-4CH83CUHOSG1XQSG4Y57/IMG_9146.jpg)
John the Baptist 1604
![IMG_9147.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/7e7d2b78-b477-4553-b7ba-0cb32c62fe76/IMG_9147.jpeg)
![John the Baptist 1610](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721777081419-CB80PLKW7V4YWFC3D8SH/IMG_9336.jpg)
John the Baptist 1610
![IMG_9354.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/5b3bf1f5-b127-4297-b953-1a3062e8550a/IMG_9354.jpeg)
![John the Baptist 1606](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721777024951-H14J2HBGIV2L6ZPTH4A1/IMG_9478.jpg)
John the Baptist 1606
![Contarelli Chapel in San Luigi dei Francesi](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/de86ae8f-4c63-486c-87d0-84c3ec91d77c/IMG_9232.jpeg)
Contarelli Chapel in San Luigi dei Francesi
![Martyrdom of Saint Matthew 1600](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/0573c0c1-a555-4676-a23f-087d38c4ef9b/IMG_9231.jpeg)
Martyrdom of Saint Matthew 1600
![Inspiration of Saint Matthew 1602](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/893a9aac-31c7-4ad7-a49c-45c7d9ed273e/IMG_9233.jpeg)
Inspiration of Saint Matthew 1602
![The Calling of Saint Matthew 1600](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/92304a14-126b-454f-96c5-d85744c90b04/IMG_9235.jpeg)
The Calling of Saint Matthew 1600
![IMG_9237.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/c503d9c9-6def-4e5a-9f6b-5c0e57159db3/IMG_9237.jpeg)
![IMG_9238.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/5c7dc86c-7982-4dc6-a7f6-1e9f9a1f3abd/IMG_9238.jpeg)
![Madonna di Loreto 1604](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721777880362-WK3O5Q25K9IR94J5HJKC/IMG_9251.jpg)
Madonna di Loreto 1604
![Madonna and Child with Saint Anne 1606](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721777965001-DIUM93B2CEPSBUEOQR9S/IMG_9346.jpg)
Madonna and Child with Saint Anne 1606
![IMG_9348.jpeg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/358505e0-e71c-4d36-af55-95d401fc8405/IMG_9348.jpeg)
![Saint Jerome Writing 1605](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778100471-620Q0JHZ3L8BVKIOVII6/IMG_9349.jpg)
Saint Jerome Writing 1605
![David with the Head of Goliath 1610](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/f5bc9da7-f97a-436f-951d-3b0248d7838a/IMG_9341.jpeg)
David with the Head of Goliath 1610
![IMG_9341+%281%29.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778185511-FQY2E7VXM85PDTB940DA/IMG_9341%2B%25281%2529.jpg)
![Narcissus 1599](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778266106-PFZII43OYOBUU8GC9KX4/IMG_9472.jpg)
Narcissus 1599
![The Fortune Teller 1594](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778341379-803B8HHQ7F0MMU0TTWT0/IMG_9144.jpg)
The Fortune Teller 1594
![Young Sick Bacchus 1593](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778431006-WECW8UIU6BYMAO3GHZWW/IMG_9343.jpg)
Young Sick Bacchus 1593
![Saint Francis in Prayer 1610](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721779004939-B4JCL4273NKWB576D8MT/IMG_9474.jpg)
Saint Francis in Prayer 1610
![Boy with a Basket of Fruit 1593](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778514569-HI102SMM78XHBPFTD53F/IMG_9356.jpg)
Boy with a Basket of Fruit 1593
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![Judith Beheading Holofernes 1599](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778641311-OQEHY5SA2MLSUKHHDHBC/IMG_9481.jpg)
Judith Beheading Holofernes 1599
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![Salome with the Head of John the Baptist 1607](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/2343e3eb-1b9e-4afa-ac08-7dff7e4929dc/IMG_7898.jpeg)
Salome with the Head of John the Baptist 1607
![Rest on the Flight into Egypt 1597](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778759155-KHDSOTM7A0FBPFG4EDP2/IMG_9503.jpg)
Rest on the Flight into Egypt 1597
![Penitent Magdalene 1597](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1721778828635-ULDELIQSRED2QDW5NQXC/IMG_9506.jpg)
Penitent Magdalene 1597
These are my photos of paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The lighting in many venues was not optimal — with a lot of glare even in person. I did the best I could! I viewed these paintings in the following: in London, The National Gallery, and in Rome, The Borghese Gallery, Palazzo Barberini, Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, The Capitoline Museum, The Basilica of Sant’Agostino, and the Vatican Museums in Vatican City.
go to my instagram @bapokorny to see many more photos from Sicily and Rome!
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Secret Garden
is included in
2024
North Carolina
Artists Exhibition!
CAM Raleigh
September 29 —
November 17
409 W Martin Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
I was interviewed by Canvas Rebel Magazine
read it here
![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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introducing:
Get Lost Mazes
a new company staging immersive art installations
based on my mosaic mazes and labyrinths
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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.
![2023 charlotte mag6.jpg.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/da9e4a56-f20f-4975-aa3f-bb3cf88da75c/2023+charlotte+mag6.jpg.png)
![2023 charlotte mag4.jpg.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/e822d914-13e7-4d7b-8374-0fc4bd0781ab/2023+charlotte+mag4.jpg.png)
![2023 charlotte mag5.jpg.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/3bbe348c-c87d-4d34-af26-1e760bd9a8c8/2023+charlotte+mag5.jpg.png)
![2023 Charlotte mag1.jpg.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/a9945c65-34b3-46f7-a2b2-2755bf00df78/2023+Charlotte+mag1.jpg.png)
![2023 charlotte mag2.jpg.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/de996195-78ef-4197-8bae-4ba7a4c74981/2023+charlotte+mag2.jpg.png)
![2023 charlotte mag3.jpg.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/f0c71f9f-2f14-48d0-a16c-228c664cc266/2023+charlotte+mag3.jpg.png)
Artwork shown in these photos by: Nico Amortigui, Julia Lawing, Kathy Murray, and Annie Beringer
![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/1610485755297-RRFJN0QEC28KT9GH3X1C/Pokorny%2C+B_work+sample+%232.jpeg)
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
![Bird-Friendly](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b4adec3354b5ff44ad16e/30ac7045-3708-4f4f-ba35-0b9b586904cc/mbb5110-redo.jpg)
Bird-Friendly
![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