| This is styled after the famous Wurlitzer jukebox from the late 1940's. When I'd display it in my booth, it was the piece that
all the impatient husbands dragged along to the art fair liked to look at. Usually these guys would stand outside the art booths, defiantly refusing to engage in
the experience of art appreciation. To their credit, though, they were smart enough to know that it was important to placate their wives by joining them for a weekend art fair, even if they
were somewhat patronizing in the process sometimes. The especially astute husbands generally accept their designated role as a "rubber stamp" approval mechanism for whatever
their wives might take a hankering to at the shows. This is far from an accurate representation of all couples' dynamics, of course, but it's lots of fun joking around with people
this way.
This piece had lots of interesting details, like changeable song title cards that can list favorite numbers. The sandblasted decorations also add to the illusion of reality.  This design has lots of fun details, like the lettering within the "rear view mirror" area that claims that the "objects in mirror may be closer than they appear". The speedometer needle was set at my age at the time I designed it----40's. This piece wasn't a direct copy of any specific make/model of car, but mostly it's inspired by mid-fifties Chevies.
Another fanciful design of years-gone-by is an electric guitar out of stained glass. Again, it's not a strict copy of any specific model axe, but it's most closely inspired by the Fender Stratocaster, though I took the liberty of making it a tenor model, by only giving it four strings. Take a look at it, by clicking on Guitar, 24" by 36" 
This piece represents a collaborative effort involving my framing of a glass panel I made, featuring a carefully matted print of a mandala composed entirely of dried flower petals, pressed and glued into this arrangement. Annette Mattingly works with flowers this way, arranging them in these sorts of sacred geometry that are both meaningful, and very attractive. Gotta love those circles, after all.
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