Sharo's Mosaic Designs

Inspired by:

A nice, lonely, brave older woman that lived alone across from us in Kennesaw Ga., " ELENOR."

This creation is in memory of a short but valuable friendship. A little old forgotten window with a pretty spiky, colorful flower representing her personality.  She was not a dull person but very smart lady with a dry sense of humor.  Sorry that I did not get to approached her earlier.  One day she was taken to a nursing home where she passed away after our first visit.

DESCRIPTION:

24"X 29"   Antique window,  green tyles with stain glass pieces. 

PRICE : N/A

Inspired by:

A large display of Wayang Golek's at the Philadelphia Airport. 

The Indonesian's create wooden puppets in honor of their kings. I took a photograph of this puppet and could not resist but to take on the challenge of its complex details.

Description:

30' x 31.5' All stain glass design.  

PRICE: $3,800.

Inspiration by:

The different type of Mola styles.

Panama is the name of my beautiful country, and it means abundance of fish. This is a fish with an abundance of color. The style is called Mola, a native Panamanian creation.

DESCRIPTION:

27' X 29' All stain glass mosaic.

SOLD : AUCTION $2,500.

Inspired by:

The feeling of helplessness from hurricane Katrina in 2005.

This piece was a very emotional piece. Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that resulted from its powerful wind and water shocked the world. I felt that the terrible situation was calling for a piece of expressionism.

DESCRIPTION:

16" X 61" It's done using a variety of materials as representation of the Hurricane.  Use of stone, stain glass and glass beads.

PRICE: $700. 

Inspired by:

Everyday life in my city of Oviedo.

To those of us living in Oviedo, Florida, the multi-colored, freely-wandering chickens and their proud rooster are a common sight downtown. Traffic stops for them, town folk feed them and visitors (some of whom have never seen a live chicken or heard a rooster) are enchanted. As an artist, one constantly feels the need to capture beauty, recreate an atmosphere and express freedom. We have the perfect models.

DESCRIPTION:

   1'- 1/2  x 2' 1/2 Stain glass mosai

PRICE:

Inspired by:

A group of surfers braking waves at Cocoa Beach, FL

Living in Florida, it's hard not to fall in love with the beach landscapes surrounding the state. Everyone on the coast loves the beach or has tried the surf. My inspiration was given to me by a group of surfers on Cocoa beach. It looked so fun that I could not wait to experiment different types of cuts and play with shades of colors to create fluid movement of the ocean.

Description:

  40" X 36" Different cuts of stain glass 

SOLD: $2,500.

Inspired by:  Mola's beauty, design & History

Another Mola.  These are work of art created by indigenous Indians in my country - Panama.   Small pieces of cloth are colored using natural animal and plant dyes.  They are then stitched together (by the women of the tribe) to depict birds, fish and different type of flowers to used as  decoration of their clothing.

DESCRIPTION:  

  35.5'' X 47''   Stain glass mosaic.

SOLD: $3,000.

Inspired by:

Family.   

    Family inspires me every day. And nothing is more fascinating than watching people start their own. Raising a child for the first time can bring a mixed bag of emotions and lifestyle changes that make things around you feel wild and uncertain. New parents tend to act as crazy as their children, and the house can feel like a jungle. Focusing on that aspect, 'Jungle Babies' shaped itself.

 Description:

   25" x 28" Stain glass 

SOLD: $1,600.

Inspired by:

My first experience snorkeling. 

A school of fish passed right under me with a plethora of vibrant colors. After being in awe by the huge amount of fish in synchronization of each other, I felt a rush of inspiration and motivation to create something that could speak to someone loud as I felt.

  Description: 

 2' x 3' small mosaic tiles and Stain glass

PRICE: $2,400.

Inspired by:

I love the colors and shapes but I was not satisfied.  Deciding to walk away and to take a brake, drove to one of my neighborhood Gardening Stores looking for inspiration.  

 I noticed a lot of small rocks with a brilliant turquoise-greenish colors attracting me to play with the idea of using them in my work.  In my mind, this was the perfect addition to Cerrucho that I was looking for.

Description:

  43" x 23" This piece has stain glass and green/turquoise stones

PRICE: $ 2,800.

INSPIRATION BY:

A very smart & funny old bird that my grandmother used to own.  She was always outside barking like a dog and whistling to all the woman walking by on their way to work at the farms.

DESCRIPTION: 44" X 52.5" including frame.

LOLA  is one of my biggest pices made all in stain glass mosaic.

PRICE: $10,000.

INSPIRED BY:

I started this ON THE HUNT FISH one scary night trying to forget what was happening outside my home that evening in 2017.   Hurricane IRMA, I guess I should have called it that but to be honest I was to scared to even think.  All I wanted was to forget the glass on my sliding doors bending like plastic, the wind coming in like a bad though. 

  So ON THE HUNT FISH was born, it symbolizes my fear  colorful but trap feeling like a fish when it's caught just lay, look pretty and take small breath in till it passes.  

DESCRIPTION:

21 .5" x 44.5" All stain glass pieces

PRICE: $1,400.

INSPIRED BY:

The Nightmare before Christmas was created as a wedding gift for the daughter of a great friend.  She loves the movie and all her wedding decorations are with this theme.  I wanted to give her a special one of kind gift that would remind her of the wedding forever.  Hopefully she would enjoy it because it's a surprise. 

DESCRIPTION:

25" X 29"  Stain glass mosaic style.

SOLD: $700.

INSPIRATION:

OSNAS FLOWER

This one of a kind piece was created specifically  for a friend who asked for a donation/ auction to collect funds for her Synagogue.

 I needed to create a piece that would represent a little of my Spanish heritage bright, loud but also a symbol of happiness, love, longevity and harmony.   The name OSNAS came to me when  researching for something to help me create this gift.   The article I found was about the significants behind all Jewish names and OSNAS symbolizes the  most to me.   Hope the person that ends purchasing it looks up the beautiful meaning of this word and the  prayer that goes with it.  

DESCRIPTION: Old stain glass mosaic, size 18 1/2" by 18 1/2" including frame.

 DONATION: SOLD $250.

INSPIRATION:

I decided to do a self portrait in glass as a modern Mosaic selfie.  I was not clear of what I wanted to do, reason why I selected clear glass to start my face.  My face and details of my face to me was not as important as to the colors, texture of the piece.

I wanted to focus on my hair and glasses.  " Hair ", if you know me you know why hair is super important to me and must look it's best.   "Sun Glasses", are also a staple of me.  I selected to do one eyes with multi colors.  Is my representation of how I see the world around me, beautiful with bright COLORS!

DESCRIPTION:  

Stain glass mosaic style

SIZE: 19” X 23 1/2 inches including wood frame.

PRICE: $450.

INSPIRATION:

I was experimenting with mirrors one day and trying to clean tiny pieces  of stain glass from the floors of my studio.  I collected a good amount and didn't want to trash them.  As I keep looking my reflections in a piece of mirror an idea of a creature using cement and this little pieces  of stain glass, one thing let to another and here she came out.   You can't resist to see 'The Queen in us' when you see your own reflection in it

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DIMENTIONS:   15" by 19" including frame.  Stain glass pieces mix with cement and larger pieces of stain glass on top of a mirror.  

PRICE: $900.

Inspiration;

AIDA flower, was created in memory of a lovely and generous woman that loved my mothers unconditionally.  Mom's oldest sister who took care of her as a child.   My mother loved and respect her like her own mother. 

Created with her in mind as a thank you gift for my aunt Aida's youngest daughter who took care of my mother one long week this pass summer.  Thanks Kathy for loving mom so much and taking care of her as your mom did many years earlier. 

Description; Stain glass mosaic 18 1/2 x 18 1/2

PRICE : N/A

Inspiration by:

LOVE Birds, a modern design Mola with diagrams in which the love birds are missed place in so much queues. As love is!,

Notice the difference between the left bird most likely is the male larger and better coloring and the female is smaller. The surrounding patterns are similar but very different.

DESCRIPTION:

2.9FT X 2.2FT Stain glass mosaic style.

PRICE: $2,000.

INSPIRATION BY:

Panamanian old tradition the davil dance. Using DIABLICO masques this dance represents good and evil. Is beloved that this dance was brought to Panama by European’s mainly after the plague. Not very clear on the orogen but its thought by or around the 16th century, Colonials times. This diabolical costumes with the colorful heads or solid red heads (each county has their style) but their stripped suits ware originally painted using black charcoal for the black strips and red strips with achiote (plant used for coloring food) over manta sucia all this combine with the dancer’s sweat made color ran off making a dirty look and their name was created. “DIABLICOS SUCIO”

DESCRIPTION:

31” X 51” DIABLICO, made all in stain glass & cement on a Mosaic style.

PRICE: $12,000.

INSPIRATION:

SEAGIRL, is my personal mix of feelings for a beautifully and rare lady Mrs. H.. Creating a pc. that could combine elegance, beauty, color was going to be difficult. I thought of different flowers, animals, birds, butterfly and nothing could catch my representation of her. The seahorse idea came to mine.

The body reminds me of her greatness and class. The way she makes you feel so specially unique that just thinking about her the seahorse came to be.

MATERIAL: All hand cut very small designs in stain glass and cement

PRICE: N/A

INSPIRATION;

This is a Mola style fish that reminds me of a tattoo and as such it was easy to name. Tattoo is very bright and appears almost neon like a graffiti design.

DESCRIPTION:

All hand cut stain glass, cement and seal.

SIZE: 2’FT X 2.7FT

PRICE: $650.

INSPIRED BY:

This is my interpretation of artist Frida today. Yes!, she is dead but in my mind she still fabulous wearing her signature flowers on her head and painting her crazy eyebrows. I created this to join a group of Artis that ware showing their work under the direction of a great artist Raysa Molina. She directed a brilliant and beautiful art show about Frida.

DESCRIPTION;

STAIN GLASS MOSAIC STYLE WITH WHITE TILES 39.5 “ X 27.2”

PRICE: $1,900.

INSPIERD BY:

The famines revolution of 2016 at the elections of DT for president. I notice a movement of a pink hats that look like cats, uff ugly! That rely dose not represent me at all or any woman that I know. It seem that everything wrong in the would had been done to us women.

Everything in the news was talk about woman issues and discrimination of us in every facets of our life. I just had enough of feeling sorry for us girls and decided to create a piece that say enough already, “COME ON, WE ARE LIKE A RAINBOW”. Nothing will keep us down. I hate feeling sorry for me attitude, we should be screaming loudly how proud of all our accomplishments we are.

First we are strong women, mothers, wives, hard workers (more if you work from home), nurses, psychologist, sexy, lovable, caring, a RAINBOW of abilities but what we are “not” is feel sorry for us a drag bag of apologies for people that did us wrong. Some man have hurt us, yes! but that dose not identified you. They need help or jail but you be bright and shine remember we are a “RAINBOW”

MATERIALS: Stain glass mosaic style abstract.

SIZE: 36” X 46” INCHES

PRICE: $ 3,200.

INSPIRED BY;

This was created in memory of the lives lost in the 2016 shooting of Pulse Night Club. For every life we lost that night, I have painted forty-nine Woden butterflies and placed them upon a rainbow stained glass flowers. I wanted to represent a positive light of tolerance and love for the LGBT community.

DESRIPTION:

35” X 35” STAIN GLASS, CEMENT AND 49 WOODEN BUTTERFLIES

PRICE: N/A DONATION TO THE CENTER LGBT, ORLANDO

DESCRIPTION:

This beautiful and colorful piece was created specially for a donation to benefit Nemour Children’s Hospital. I was very happy to participate in this event, I do anything to help kids. When asked my idea was instant, “a bouquet of flowers been hold by children”.

I thought of the children’s giving thanks to whom ever was going to bit on it. It was a way to thank the buyer of the pice in behalf of the children.

MATERIALS:

All hand cut Stain Glass for all the flowers and beads for the children’s holding hands.

SIZE : 3.5 ft x 3.5 ft

N/S, IT WAS A DONATION

DESCRIPTION:

This is my son’s dog ZEN, I created this fun and full of color portrait to honor his not come personality. He is full of funny behaviors and drives my son crazy. This is my son’s Christmas gift.

MATERIALS:

Stain glass and glass drops.

SIZE:

28 X 33 INCHES

PRICE: N/S

Inspiration by:

On my last visit to Panama, I went to a market. There I encountered a Guna (Kuna) Indian. He was conversing with a group of tourist about this piece of cloth. I listened to his description and and had him explain the significance of this particular piece. He had everyone interested in what he was saying.

He said these patterns are given to females (in the form of leg tattoos) to announce when the young lady’s in the tribe have reached puberty. He explained that this tradition has been with them for hundreds of years and they find that birthing a girl would be considered a blessing from God.

He went on about the coming-of-age ritual, the way they shave them completely and cut all her hair. They put red paint all over her body and present her in front of the tribe for a great celebration.

To me, this was just so fascinating that have lived in Panama for large portion of my life and I never knew this incredible piece of information about the Guna’s culture.

Shortly after his presentation in the market with myself and others, I purchased the tattoo design. I had to create this tattoo in glass because of the meaning he shared with me on that day.

Inspiration by:

Created for a Gallery Pop Art Show. When I decided to participate the only thing I could think about was one of the iconic art pieces from the King of Pop Art, Andy Warhol’s Multiple Bunny.

Copying his exact work was not my intent so decided to only do 1/2 of his print.

This was not an easy task, finding stain glass close enough to the ink colors he used on paper was difficult and with a time restriction for the Gallery show was very stressful but got it done.

DESCRIPTION:

26” X 38” Stain glass with round button like tiles.

Price: $ 1,200.00

INSPIRATION BY:

This pc. was created at the time of our biggest WORLD fear of 2020. My way to handle inexplicable fears and nerves is to create to make me focus of what to do next. Creating this face or putting a face to the unknown was my way to cope. In my mind if see it I can control it.

That’s the way I could relate and figure out how to handle the stress of the unknown with this virus.

MATIRIALS :

INSPIERD BY:

This pc. was created for a wonderful couple that dare me to design a waterfall, jungly with bird of paradise flowers. Well this is what I came up with, Not to bad right?

DESCRIPTION:

Frameless stain glass mosaic 24” x 36”