I used two of my colored pencil drawings to create this diptych. These pieces are composed of thousands of tiny shards of broken glass. The solar image reflects warm tones and the rays of the sun flash with parrot-bright colors of orange and green. The lunar side has cooler tones, and the rays flash with pale ice blue and soft lavender.
Crash glass is created from using broken car windows. Although I have created several these compositions, each time I allow the shapes of the glass to help inspire me. I created the lunar image first and was pleased with the outcome. But,I was surprised when I broke the second window for the solar image, that the shapes broke into marvelous wavy shards that were completely different from the first window. It is these "happy accidents" that keep a good artist on their toes -- learning from and working with unpredictable materials.
