Reverse Painted Glass

After many years as professional furniture designer/maker Martin Gerard had a life-changing event happen. In 1989 a booming voice in the night turned a woodworker into an artist. Four years later Martin went on to introduce his art to the world in 1993 in New York at an international show.

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Jazz

44”x 69”

Martin describes his work: “it’s very Zen like, I like painting on the edge of control rather than trying to make a copy of life. Painting on the back of glass is like experiencing a memory, a dream, a vision for the first time.

The Sun the Moon and the Truth

Framed with Quilted Maple stainless steel and black lacquer

32”x 45”

“I painted this to honor the visit of the Buddha relics, which was actually shown in the gallery where my art was hanging at the time on Orcas Island (see the page “the Buddhas visit the gallery”)”.

Flower for Shawn

Frameless  look with a clear edge 36” x 36 x 3/8” thick polished glass edge

Martin and his wife moved to Orcas Island in 1995, feeling that the island environment would stimulate and allow his art to evolve. He continues to make tabletops as well as wall pieces and sculptures. Doing reverse painting on glass, with colors and patterns which cause one to not just glance, but rather to look and look and look again . . .

Emily Reed

Jewels of Eternity

44” x 45”

Framed with Quilted Maple stainless steel and black lacquer

 ”My work evolves much the same way that intent works in our lives. We don’t see the results until we’re down the road. I experience this when I turn the glass over to see what was just created.”

Ever

The Metronome Ticks in Anticipation of the Divine

44” x 45”

Framed with Quilted Maple stainless steel and black lacquer

“I painted this piece to show at the annual ‘’Orcas Chamber Music Festival’’. Imagining the moments just before a glorious piece of music was about to be composed by one of the greats”

Dreamtime

75” x 45”

 ”I painted this in the days that followed our (my wife Shawn and my) first Inipi ceremony on Orcas Island. We where so moved we moved here the following year”

Beyond

75” x 45”

 ”I painted this in the days that followed the death of a loved one. You can actually see a luminescence on the other side of the veil”.

Beyond Time

117”x 44”

I was commissioned to paint this to go with an art glass conference table in the boardroom of Kershaw Kai International (see the art glass tables page scroll down to conference tables).

‘’This is what I would have liked to have scaled the triptych at instead of 3 at 36’’ and the wall should have been nearly black’’