"Silence"... can indeed... be Golden!

Too much of my own energy lately has been devoted to... and focused upon my own painting and my own  preparations for a (too) rapidly approaching May opening here at The Paint Box Gallery. In order to succeed in this six month economy and small window of opportunity for sales... we must have most all of the inventory of product ready for this opening  month. January and February has been a "heads-down... nose to-the-grindstone" time for both Deb and I. We  meet briefly each and every day  for our morning coffee ritual... again for a quiet lunch together... a cribbage and supper rendez-vous and a cracklin' fire and TV end to our day. In between those times... we each are absorbed totally in our own artistic pursuits. We do conference and collaborate for input and direction... but basically... we both have jobs and work to be done. Our success in the Gallery depends upon the presence of both our crafts. "We"... are in a word... a team!

This morning... my "voice" will be silenced... in order that a major "happening" can be properly celebrated on its own merits. Your eyes and hearts are the only thing necessary to grasp the larger and fuller meaning of what 

I have just said. It is not my accomplishment to be celebrated this 

Smorning... it is with great joy and admiration that I offer to my friends this very singular and outstanding achievement which belongs to my wife and partner Deb. Her humility is somewhat of a drawback most of the time. She seldom asks for the kind of reassurance and back-slapping that most of us seek out. She simply... cuts... grinds and assembles her glass... piece-by-piece... until the likes of this grand church window commission looms before you. IT is then... at that moment... that you come to understand... that "silence... can indeed... be golden."

I salute "You" Dear Heart... as your husband... your greatest admirer perhaps... but as well as someone who respects only good Art... "Art" completed with passion and with great humility. Those are the key ingredients which separate you from the makers of "sun catchers"... from someone else's patterns and ideas! I am proud to share my life... my time... and my dreams with You!

Love "You"... "to the moon and back"... and Forever!

Bruce
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This window was commissioned by a family Rockport's "Summer People" who hail from South Carolina. This entire family have attended The Church of the Redeemer Anglican Church in Rockport for over fifty summers and are an intricate part of the beautiful-turn-of-the-century small parish church. The father of this remarkable family actually was a minister and regularly conducted Sunday Services at the church.

Sadly... he was suddenly stricken and passed away leaving a huge, empty space in an otherwise idyllic summer lives of his family. His wife and daughter approached Deb last summer... having admired her stained glass artisanship and asked if she might consider the task of undertake the creating a memorial stained glass window in honour of the husband... father and family. It would then be a record of their joy and fifty year presence in this church and their beloved Thousand Island summer retreat.

The window will be dedicated when they return in the early summer. It will stand as a monument and testimony to their lengthy presence for certain. It will as well give testimony to the humble, but gifted presence of the window's creator... Rockport "newbie"... Deborah Lynn Price-Sherman!

I am deeply blessed on this day... to share her remarkable journey! "She"... is definitely... in  my humble opinion... "A Cut Above"... the rest!