Rain forest Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier

glass painting, Rainforest Exotics, includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy
Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier Lamps can be purchased from the artist, Jenny Floravita

This reverse painted glass chandelier was a total pleasure to create! I really enjoy painting the pieces that have different colors going around the bowl. I experiment with different color combinations so each piece is unique.

This is a particularly exciting week because our pond will finally be one step closer to completion. We're having the rock waterfall created by a professional, who is known for large water installations. I'm so excited because my backyard has been in the works for years, with my husband Patrick toiling many long hours and days to create our tropical paridise.

Thank you for looking at one of my newest reverse glass painted chandeliers!

To see more, please visit my website at: www.floravita.com

18" Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier

glass painting, Lotus Magic, includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy
Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier Lamps can be purchased from the artist, Jenny Floravita

Just got back from Waikiki. This is my second trip to the islands in two months. The last trip I stayed mostly in the North Shore of Oahu but this time my mother and I shopped and sunbathed in Waikiki and Honolulu.

I love to travel but it does take me away from my work. Sometimes it's necessary for business and I do create small paintings on these trips but my glass art is all done in focus here in my studio. And actually, I'm excited because I'm getting ready to create three new commission pieces.

The above piece is an example of a smaller, 18" diameter reverse painted chandelier and has beautiful floral highlight elements that are similar to art nouveau designs.

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Tropical Flower Painting

glass painting, Peacock Floral, includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy
Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier Lamps can be purchased from the artist, Jenny Floravita

This reverse painted glass chandelier went to a very dear client. It's been one of my favorite works and continues to inspire my new pieces. So I want to say, "Thank you, Chris, for being such a supportive friend and collector". I hope you enjoy this piece!

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Humming Bird Flight, painted glass chandelier

glass painting, Humming Bird Flight, includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy
Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier Lamps can be purchased from the artist, Jenny Floravita

Painted glass chandeliers were very popular during the Victorian era and Philip Julius Handel started the Handel Company in 1876 in Connecticut. He is credited with making reverse painted lamp shades extremely popular. In their time, they were more affordable options to the popular Tiffany lamps. His business thrived through out the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. Some of my inspiration comes from these highly collectible painted glass lamp shades.

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Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier with tropical birds

glass painting, Parrot Floral, includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy
Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier Lamps can be purchased from the artist, Jenny Floravita

Painted chandeliers are a wonderful way to illuminate a room. They bring such warmth with colors and imagery. This is the other side to Parrot Floral, which I sold a few months ago...still this piece inspires me to paint. And though each piece is different in colors, choice of flowers, birds and animals, I still study the works that I have done in the past and the parts that I felt worked particularly well.

In this piece, I loved the way the flowers form the background for the blue and yellow Macaw and how the piece transforms into cooler blues and violets on the other side. Even the tropical red flowers have a cooler feeling.

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Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier Lamps

glass painting, Parrot Florals, includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy
Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier Lamps can be purchased from the artist, Jenny Floravita

Reverse painted glass chandeliers are a passion of mine. Painting on glass has a long history and I'll explore that in this blog. The above piece is titled Parrot Floral and I sold this work in the fall of 2008.

It just occurred to me that the title of this piece is Parrot Florals but you cannot see the parrots from this angle! Part of the beauty of this kind of work is that as you move around the light, you see different elements and depending on the size of the piece, there are really multiple scenes to behold.

I will post other images of this particular piece later.

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