Sunday, March 04, 2007

Sylene

Under the gun of deadline, this is the only photo I was able to take of a window I made this week for the Tabriz auction, benefiting the Arkansas Arts Center. The original artwork which inspired the piece is seen below. It's called "Me Up Close," and was included in last year's Young Arkansas Artists exhibition. That's the artist and subject standing next to it, Sylene Cortez. She turned sixteen last week. Happy Birthday, Sylene.

4 comments:

Steph said...

Wowwww , so you don't only use glass to drink gin or vodka!
Nice work !
I wish the 16 yrs old I teach to were able to do stuff like Sylene!

Jay King said...

Yeah, every year these kids amaze me. For a state that doesn't believe in funding its public school arts programs, Arkansas continues to produce some great young artists. We have dedicated art teachers to thank for that.

Thanks for the compliment, Steph. I must say, I was less than pleased with the results and even less so with the lousy documentation. I don't work well under deadlines.

Steph said...

You're welcome!
I had a look at your older post with glass and rocks and I really love your rock mosaiques..Amazing work..really. Arkansas looks like a fine place to find cool rocks!

Jay King said...

It is. A lot of my faces start out as rock impressions. I collected them for years. As Calvin says, "There's treasure everywhere!"