“Glasscapes” take you away to Lake Tahoe

"Glasscapes" landscape paintings using glass powders

A few years after I learned to work with powdered glasses in a kiln I was fortunate enough to spend a few weeks at lake Tahoe teaching a glass bead making class. On my days off I would travel around and note all the beauty around me. Lake Tahoe and the surrounding countryside is some of the most scenic and dramatic landscape I’ve ever seen. There are all these giant boulders everywhere along the lake shore and beautiful ancient trees stand like sentinels overlooking the lake. Laying in the sun on a huge rock I was totally inspired to paint some landscape images with powdered glass using my special technique of glass fusing. I worked on a whole series of drawings while I was there, planning work for when I returned home.  I recently rediscovered those drawings and made this piece which still resonates with the special spirit of Lake Tahoe. Let me know how Lake Tahoe has inspired you by commenting on this post!