Dale Chihuly Master Glass Artist The Saint Petersburg Collection
Photo by Elizabeth Gordon
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
Dale Chihuly's(link) life is a study in overcoming odds to succeed. He is a big bear of a man with a black eye patch over one eye. One might ask how can a glass blower continue blowing glass safely if he has lost the use of one eye? And that is the basis of what led him to greater success than if an accident had not taken one eye. Dale Chihuly was riding in an antique car in England and one day when out for a drive he was involved in an accident that threw him against the windshield .
Photo by Elizabeth Gordon
But what if he had chosen to be defeated, to say he could not be an artist or a glass artist? What if he had accepted his disability limited him? I think in love of doing art and being a creator he found a way to succeed. I think he was determined to succeed. And in that is a lesson for all of us as artists, where there seem to be road block, choose another path, or find a way around the obstacle and continue toward your goal.
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
COLOR
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
DESIGN
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
IMAGINATION
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TEXTURE
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
photo by Elizabeth Gordon
CREATIVITY
photos by Elizabeth Gordon
Do not look for excuses, look for solutions and you will find your way.
Steven Rolf Powell Glass Artist St. Pete once again proves it is an Art Town! When a community focuses on the arts it enriches itself economically and culturally.
Dali Museum Art Night Opening
On the Florida Gulf Coast in the middle of the state lies an area that comprises the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg and surrounding areas. It is becoming known as the Tampa Bay Area. The communities are blending in ways that make them almost one big city and that is a good thing. There is much art in both areas, and together it is a wonderful offering for those who live there and those who visit.
Steven Rolf Powell Glass Artist from google for educational purposes only
Dale Chihuly at his new St. Petersburg Museum
This is going to be a great weekend of glass arts in the Tampa Bay Area. St. Petersburg really has become a town that puts a huge focus on the arts. First it was the Museum of Art, then came Dali Museum, the Morean Art Center, the Florida Craftsmen Guild, the Train Depot(clay center), and now a new stunning Dali museum and the Chihuly Museum.
Duncan Mc Clellen's Art Warehouse Studio, the hub of the warehouse arts district
Duncan Mc Clellen's huge warehouse studio will be buzzing with an open house and guest glass artists demonstrating and showing their work.
Joseph Cavalieri
Duncan McClellen's Wave
Joseph Cavalieri will be there and Steven Powell. Dale Chihuly will be in town speaking at the Vinoy and highlighting his museum in St. Pete. (the only museum of his work in the USA other than his home of Seattle). Wow! What a weekend! And there is an art walk with all the galleries and museum open this weekend!!!
