Vineyard Table Glass Art

"Vineyard Romance", a reverse hand painted glass table piece . Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

I've been holding onto these two works of reverse painted glass art from my Vineyard Romance Series for a little while. The reason partly lies in the fact that I'm still trying to determine if these will have illumination behind them. As they sit on one of my art tables in my painting drying room I'm caught by the beauty that is so natural when the sunlight shines through.

For me, the joy is in the creation process.

To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

Plumeria Breeze Hand Painted Chandelier

"Plumeria Breeze", a hand-painted glass chandelier that includes elegant hand forged iron fixture and is ready to install. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

This is my newest 24" glass hand painted chandelier. I wanted to create a "plumeria flower only" piece but of course I couldn't resist adding the Hawaiian liwi. On my first trip to the Hawaiian islands I kept smelling this incredible fragrance. I was staying in a resort on Ka'anapali Beach in Maui with my parents. Finally I asked what flower was creating his heavenly sent and of course it was plumeria. It's funny to think all these years later that I didn't know about plumerias which is also my favorite inspiration in perfumes.


Plumeria Breeze is quite exotic and I took full advantage of the fact that plumerias come in many colors though I stayed with the rounded flower shape that you see most often in the Hawaiian Islands as opposed to the pointer varieties.

I've allowed sections of blue sky to peek out at the top of the glass which help to add a bit of color variety to the sunset colors that dominate this chandelier. This is truly a beautiful hand painted chandelier! It's one of my best, not to mention most unique chandelier yet.

To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

Rose Painted Glass Wall Sconce

"Romance of the Rose", a reverse hand painted glass wall sconce that includes electrical and hanging hardware. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

I've been meaning to create some beautiful reverse painted glass wall sconces for a while. I made the glass sconce shapes some time ago but have been busy with chandeliers. The above rose themed sconce has soft romantic colors and this is what the artistry looks like in it's natural light.

When the sconce is installed and the light is behind the glass the piece looks a bit warmer as the light adds a new element to the sconce. I will show this in another post soon.

To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

Beautiful Peacock inspred Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier

"Peacock", a 24" diameter reverse hand painted glass chandelier that includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

This lovely reverse painted glass chandelier bowl was sold before it was dry so I never had a proper chance to photograph it from different angles. This is the only shot but it had some lovely color blends and flower petals. The peacock was from one of my zillions of photographs from my travels and I saw this particular bird in Kauai.

This piece also had orchids and birds of paradise and at the time that it sold it was my newest reverse painted glass chandelier. All of my work is done by hand, by me.

To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

Beautiful Commissioned Hand Painted Glass Chandelier

"Iris Floral", an 18" diameter reverse hand painted glass chandelier that includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy. This was a commissioned piece. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

I really don't get a chance to thank my clients enough for the opportunities to create their custom painted glass chandeliers. It's an honor to work on each piece. Iris Floral was in particular an extra special chandelier to create.

I first met my client a few years ago at an art show and she had purchased a unique little oil painting of a Santa Barbara scene. Through the years I have sold hundreds of paintings and if that seems like a lot it's only because I am an artist and it's my profession to create and exhibit paintings. Any successful artist will tell you the same. To get back to my point, even though I've sold so many works I almost always remember every single client and our conversations. Sometimes when I see my collectors I hold back what I remember as people don't expect you to retain so much information.

Art is very personal and when there is a connection, I do listen. It helps me to release my new works and understand the new homes that they will go to. A hand painted chandelier or an oil painting, it doesn't matter as I put part of my life's energy into each piece.

Commissions are especially important. The painting process is different and I paint slower and refer to details through out the entire process. I really try to understand the piece in it's context before my brush ever even hits the glass.

Part of what makes this hand painted glass chandelier so special is because it's part of a new beginning for my friend. All of the elements were carefully selected. We used iris flowers from her fabulous backyard. the butterflies were special and if you were to see her yard, you'd know why the butterflies frequent. We added parrots and a palm tree (which I am known for painting in my traditional oil and watercolors) as a symbol of paradise. The lavender and rose colors are meant to compliment her room color.

This was a smaller hand painted chandelier and thus a lot of focus was put into it to make sure all of the details and special elements made it to the glass. May this painted chandelier bring much deserved joy!


To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

New Reverse Painted Glass Chandelier

"Crysanthamum Abundance", a 24" diameter reverse hand painted glass chandelier that includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy. 24" in height plus chain length. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

It's been a while since my last blog. The Indian Summer has closed here in California and I'm ready to get back into my studio to create more chandeliers. Through the summer and fall most of my new pieces are typically commissions. My new reverse painted glass chandelier pictured above is a new original that is available through my studio.

Crysanthemums are the featured flower. This piece has some really nice color blends and is completely full with flowers, thus the abundance! Thank you for viewing my newest reverse painted glass chandelier and feel free to contact me if you have questions.


To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

Time to re-organize the studio for my reverse hand painted glass chandeliers et all

"Flower Fiesta", a 24" diameter reverse hand painted glass chandelier that includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy. 24" in height plus chain length. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

Warm, romantic colors and exotic flowers make the reverse hand painted glass chandelier titled Flower Fiesta a beautiful piece to behold and one of my most romantic pieces to date. When I paint, I put myself on an island in my mind but lately I've been faced with a tsunami reality that my working house needs to be re-adjusted a bit.

Eight years ago I moved from Santa Cruz, the college town that I love so much to live where my family is to better help my career as an artist thrive. It worked. And I also found the love of my life, who happened to be a best friend of my brother. I live in a small town an hour north of San Francisco, half an hour north of Walnut Creek...more than an hour below Sacramento. My town lies on the Delta that thrives with wind surfers, jet skiers, sailing enthusiasts, fishermen and the occasional humpback whale that gets off course.

By modern standards my house is very large and I'm embarrassed to admit that I got momentarily lost upstairs when originally viewing a model of this home. The size makes my home a perfect studio space for a working artist. The proximity to the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area has made it a wonderful location as I'm not far from some very good art festivals and a huge hub of affluent people. Buying this house has been one of my best lifetime decisions.
The downside is that my house has allowed me to sprawl with my ever growing creative tools...everywhere. As my husband says, "art stuff, art stuff, art shop, art shop, everywhere!!!". He's correct. I work in more than three mediums: watercolor, oil, glass...and iron, too and each has it's own plethora of equipment which occupies spots all over my house now. It's hard to do all at once and also run the business of showing my art to all of you. Very hard. And I'm thought of as a very professional artist and most who know me will tell you that I manage a lot.

My office has unfinished glass, glass tools, some iron working tools plus all of my office equipment. My husband has referred to my desk as my 'command center'. Two of my upstairs bedrooms have huge canvasses, ready to be painted on and unfinished irons and packing materials. I need to consolidate those to one room. Then we could have a guest room!

Our upstairs living room is my main paintings space though I do paint on the outside front porch in the summer months and occasionally in the downstairs kitchen, too. Hey, it's a large space with no furniture. Our house has practically no furniture! It does keep the space open. Our larger downstairs formal living room is my gallery where I exhibit my paintings for client visits. I also used to teach piano so this has my baby grand. Our third living space also has paintings that should move to the main gallery. Easy.

Now the garage: we're planning a side building to house my iron working equipment, kiln, welder...stuff like that so that some things can move out of the garage.

The bottom line is that when you make a living as an artist and you work in more than one medium or you work in a medium that has a lot of components then you need to be organized in your workspace. To create my hand painted chandeliers requires a lot of equipment and effort.

And yet when clients come to visit they have no idea of my little feung shui because my house looks very professional, it's just that after living here for the better part of the last decade through a growing art career it's now time to re-organize. And this is why most industrial artists have industrial spaces...

My husband is now clearing the mulch on the other side of my office wall...for our new mini industrial workshop...to be built in the near future...

To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

Peacock hand painted glass chandelier

"Peacock Mystery", a 24" diameter reverse hand painted glass chandelier that includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy. 24" in height plus chain length. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

I loved this glass chandelier painting and unfortunately I sold it before I had a good chance to get photographs. In fact, this piece sold slightly wet. There is a beautiful peacock at the top. This was a bird that I saw at a favorite garden on Kauai. They are such a majestic bird and I hear them calling on a nearby ranch on my evening walks. I paint the flowers that I observe in my travels and in my own garden. This is the time of year where my own tropical garden flourishes and we grow many of the flowers that I paint. My lotus flowers in the pond were blooming just two weeks ago.

This reverse hand painted glass chandelier has orchids, ginger, shell ginger, bird of paradise, hibiscus and more. I am always inspired by the flowers of the islands.

To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

Summer Abundance, one of four new hand painted glass chandeliers by Jenny Floravita

"Summer Abundance", a 24" diameter reverse hand painted glass chandelier that includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy. 24" in height plus chain length. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

This week I've added three new chandeliers to my website and I'll be releasing four new images onto my Facebook page facebook.com/Jenny.Floravita.Painted.Chandeliers.andArt

I'm half way through my California art festival season and it's been fun and exciting. Actually, I'm enjoying a couple weeks off from my weekend shows, regenerating and creating new works for my last big burst of 2010 shows which run from August through mid-October. So much to do with so little time!

Any artist who exhibits in art festivals knows how much work, energy and resource goes into each festival and that quality time is needed in between to create fresh new works of art. The above chandelier painting is titled Summer Abundance and I'm really enjoying my current theme of multi-colored chandeliers in my exotic flowers.

To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com

Make custom lighting a priority in your home re-model

"Urban Paradise", a 24" diameter reverse hand painted glass chandelier that includes irons, electrical, chain and canopy. Jenny Floravita's Hand Painted Chandeliers can be purchased through Jenny Floravita's website http://www.floravitalights.com

Too many times people consider custom lighting last on their wish list for their home re-model. Yet lighting is an incredibly important aspect of a home or business space. Lighting helps sets the ambiance and helps to define the space. When considering lighting, you should look at multiple light sources for a room depending on the function of the room and the mood that you wish to create.

My beautiful reverse painted glass chandeliers bring opulence into a room. They add bursts of color to an unexpected area and they help to make a room truly unique. And though this form of lighting does give off good light to dine by it is an ambient source. If you need a room to be really bright, you will want to have at least one other light source. Having multiple light sources in a room also gives you flexibility in changing the mood.

Lighting adds warmth and comfort to a room when done correctly. Lighting can also make a room feel very modern or formal. I cannot emphasize enough how much lighting effects the overall effect of a room.

Often I will meet people who fall in love with my hand painted chandeliers and lighting is the last consideration for their renovation project. Custom lighting does cost a little bit more but the quality will be superior. Make custom lighting a priority in your home re-model, not an afterthought.

To see more reverse painted glass chandeliers and art by Jenny Floravita, please visit my websites: www.floravitalights.com and www.floravita.com