This month’s featured artist is Nancy Bariluk-Smith and her www.SpinningGlassStudio.com. I got to better know Nancy over a cup of tea at a small, informal gathering of women artists at the end of a show this last
year. The event turned into a lovely communal sharing of the joys and
frustrations we have as artists of different mediums. Nancy impressed me then
and now. Her humor combined with
insightful comments made me want to learn from her extensive and varied
experience as an artist and person. I
have learned even more about her through her website.
She is open, sensitive, introspective, philosophical and
delightful. It is clear that she is a
seasoned artist of different mediums.
Despite her preference for doing lampwork glass beads and jewelry, art
is an expression of her total person.
Her beadwork is unique, beautiful, one-of-a-kind, and imaginative
sculptured art. Whether worn as focal
pendants or complimentary bracelets and earrings, they will catch the eye of
the most discerning. Each is an artistic
masterpiece.
Her former talents as a textile artist have not been left
behind in her jewelry. Using hand dyed
ribbons, waxed linens, threads and cords, she combines whatever compliments her
exquisite beads. I am struck with her free-flowing color pallets, and limitless
imagination. They indeed reflect what
Nancy is about, a beautiful artist that reflects the beauty surrounding her.
