art glass sculpture

ARTISTS

We are proud to showcase some of the work of the greatest marine life artists of our time.

  • Dale Evers

    Dave Evers Bio

    Dale Evers is a cutting edge American artist. Always the innovator and established as a premiere sculptor/designer of centerpiece art, Dale has gone beyond pure sculpture to successfully blend the world of fine art and functional design. Recognized as a pioneer for his stunning table designs, water features, and his ability to mix mediums at a unique and sophisticated level, Evers has continued to expand his vision for art that serves purpose.

    A product of an artist’s love of all things natural, Dale has always pushed the envelope of creativity driven by inspiration. The artist spends much of his inspiration time with a camera, above water and below. The Artist gathers data that trigger Ideas. Ideas that manifest themselves into Glass, Bronze and Steel objects de’ arte. Dale Evers designs are authentic, fresh and bold.

    It is the artist’s ability to fuse glass bronze and steel into inspired creative reality that sets Dale Evers work apart.

  • Jan Frydrych

    Jan Frydrych Bio

    Jan Frydrych is a renowned Czech glass artist. He grew up in Šluknov, a Czech town in Northern Bohemia famous for making of glass. He is well-known as an author of spectacular sculptures from optical glass and also as a representative of special art category: high tech art glass.

    Jan Frydrych is also a lifelong lover and collector of old clocks. He creates his own private collection of rare pieces. Under this passion he started to create unique series of luxury yacht chronometers, embedded to the massive pieces of optical glass. These pieces were one microne grid polished, made from firs-class optical glass and surrounded by wooden case made of  luxury hard wood.

  • Matthew Ryan

    A native of Colorado, Matthew Ryan spent some of fondest childhood memories in the sea. As a child Matthew began sculpting the creatures that he swam with and developed a deep respect for nature and aquatic life. Mathew’s sculptures are based on a philosophy of balance. with a deep admiration for eastern wisdom, ranging from the Dhamapada to the Tao The Ching, Matthew believes that in life there are always opposing forces of light and dark.

    “The ocean breathes life into me, which I then focus into my artwork. My main focus in creating a sculpture is to translate the inspiration and beauty I receive underwater into three dimensional pieces of art.”

    Always struggling to be in balance, Matthew has learned respect and perseverance. His desire for depth and understanding, combined with his reverence for life, drive creation of his artwork. Matthew feels at home in the ocean, and at peace with its creatures. He becomes one as he dives deep within to capture the true essence of the wildlife he creates through his artwork. you can see and feel his work and energy blending ability that gives you a keen insight into nature.

    The process of creating art can be very calming and can quickly relieve many anxieties one may have about the material world.

  • Kent Ullberg

    Kent Ullberg Bio

    A native of Sweden, Kent Ullberg is recognized as one of the world’s foremost wildlife sculptors. He studied at the Swedish University College of Art in Stockholm and worked at museums in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Africa and Denver, CO. After living in Botswana, Africa, for seven years he has made his home permanently in the United States where he now lives on Padre Island, Corpus Christi, TX. He also maintains a studio in Loveland, CO.

    Ullberg is a member of numerous art organizations and has been honored with many prestigious awards. In 1990 his peers elected him a Full Academician (NA), thus making him the first wildlife artist since John James Audubon to receive one of the greatest tributes in American art. A selection of his memberships include the National Sculpture Society; the American Society of Marine Art; the Allied Artists of America; Nature in Art, Sandhurst, UK; the National Academy of Western Art in Oklahoma City, OK which awarded him the Prix de West, the foremost recognition in Western Art. In 2010 he received the Briscoe Legacy Award and in 2016 the lifetime achievement award from the Society of Animal Artists.

    Best known for his monumental works executed for museums and municipalities across the globe, his Fort Lauderdale, FL, and his Omaha, NE installations are the largest bronze wildlife compositions ever done, spanning several city blocks. Both earned him the coveted Henry Hering Medal Award from the National Sculpture Society, NYC. His most recent monumental installation is “Snow-Mastodon,” a life-size bronze Mastodon placed outside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

  • Wyland

    Wyland Bio

    Internationally renowned marine life artist Wyland is one of the most celebrated and recognized artists of our time. An innovative painter, sculpture, writer, photographer, philanthropist, and filmmaker, he captured the imagination of people everywhere by completing over one hundred monumental marine life murals around the world from 1981-2008. The project, known as the Whaling Walls, remains one of the largest public arts projects in history and continues to be seen by an estimated one billion people each year.

    Renowned marine life artist Wyland changed the way people think about our environment when he started painting life-size whales on the sides of buildings in the 1980’s. Wyland always thought big. And he never stopped.

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