Featured Commissions
It's always an honour when someone asks me to create a special mosaic art piece. Even more so when there is a personal meaning behind it. I received a lovely testimonial from Alex and his family so I am sharing it here with you...
"I went to Clare in November last year with an idea for a gift I had for my wife for Christmas. But this wasn't to be any ordinary or normal gift. It was to be a surprise, and to signify a moment in time and by its creation be itself timeless.
It was a very big idea and a very significant request so close to the holidays. Clare relented, but became interested in our story and the symbolism and the creative process began.
In a matter of weeks a masterpiece was created, and my wife was surprised with an eternally beautiful and relevant artwork. If it wasn't for Clare's passion for her art, her understanding of how to bring an idea to life, and her connection to our story, we would be without the image that for us, sums a a very personal family experience."
"I went to Clare in November last year with an idea for a gift I had for my wife for Christmas. But this wasn't to be any ordinary or normal gift. It was to be a surprise, and to signify a moment in time and by its creation be itself timeless.
It was a very big idea and a very significant request so close to the holidays. Clare relented, but became interested in our story and the symbolism and the creative process began.
In a matter of weeks a masterpiece was created, and my wife was surprised with an eternally beautiful and relevant artwork. If it wasn't for Clare's passion for her art, her understanding of how to bring an idea to life, and her connection to our story, we would be without the image that for us, sums a a very personal family experience."
The New Beginning
Positano, Amalfi Coast - Italy
When someone asks me about mosaics, and what I love creating the most - that is a hard question to answer. If you ask me where I love to be besides here, it has to be Italy in a heartbeat. So being asked to create a special mosaic of Positano was wonderful.
It's new home will be with a lady who celebrated a birthday milestone and had said Positano was one of her favourite places to visit.
Creating the feel rather than a direct 'duplication' was where I headed. The flowers and beauty of the houses, the steep slope on which they perch and the majesty and drama of the church.
John Steinbeck author of such classics as "Of Mice And Men, The Grapes of Wrath" said it best,
"Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there
and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone"
John Steinbeck 1953
It's new home will be with a lady who celebrated a birthday milestone and had said Positano was one of her favourite places to visit.
Creating the feel rather than a direct 'duplication' was where I headed. The flowers and beauty of the houses, the steep slope on which they perch and the majesty and drama of the church.
John Steinbeck author of such classics as "Of Mice And Men, The Grapes of Wrath" said it best,
"Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there
and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone"
John Steinbeck 1953
60's Mayhem Party and Garden Bowl
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Abstract for me is the most challenging - getting the colours right, the balance right - making it interesting and capturing the theme - hopefully I did just that!
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