Brigitte Wolf has been working in stained glass for over 20 years. Her work is primarily flat glass, intended for private and public spaces, enhanced with sandblasting and glass painting.

Traditional stained glass achieves much of its effect through the transmission of light. The mood of a piece changes with the light coming through it and it is this mysterious element which is the most challenging for an artist to learn to work with. Marc Chagall, who was both a painter and renowned glass artist, once said that “Colour carries the emotional content of a work of art.”

Colour and Light.

The twin elements which enliven glass.

Line and Form.

The bones that give structure to colour and light.

In her work, Brigitte is constantly looking for inspiration in the world around her. “When we walk through the world with our eyes wide open everything feeds the creative fire.”

 Colours and forms in nature will suggest themes for a panel. Geometric patterning is endlessly inspiring. As is the language of architecture. Traditional elements creep in–quilt designs, early Celtic Art, especially from the La Tene period, the Bayeux Tapestry. More recently, she has moved in a more improvisational direction with her new series entitled “Jazz Variations”.

“Often what is appealing is the universal nature of patterns. They are not the exclusive domain of one tradition but rather transcend time and place and, because they arise from nature itself, occur in many cultures. The more potent a symbol , the more universal it is and the less open to precise interpretation. No one culture invented the circle, the square, the spiral.”

Always , in her work, there has been a desire to balance a traditional visual vocabulary with a modern sensibility.

For a more comprehensive view of Brigitte’s work, visit her online portfolio

www.reflectionsglass.ca