From Concept to Creation: Aside from commissioned work, Valerie O’Hara creates watercolors, oil paintings and three-dimensional stained glass sculptures. The ideas and visual experiments developed in the non-commissioned work have inspired designs for our clients. In a glimpse into the artist’s creative process, below are examples of Valerie’s designs that may have started out as photographs, watercolors or oil paintings and eventually became glass pieces. Valerie’s mastery of many media lends itself well to the process we use in the making of your one of a kind work of art in glass.

Every stained glass window we make begins as a painting. Valerie’s background in the fine arts lends itself well to the stained glass process. The ideas and visual experiments developed in many different media in her non-commissioned work inspire designs for our clients. Below is a glimpse into the artist’s creative process:

The “Trinity Series”

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The “Triangle Series”

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The “St. Paul Series”

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The “Rose Window Series”

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