"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality." -Pablo Picasso
Welcome to Glencliff Art Studio, home of the mosaic art of Lynn Bridge
News
My mosaics are currently being shown in Austin Details Art in Austin, Texas.
I also have mosaics being shown in Ciel Gallery in Charlotte, NC.
My mosaics and paintings are exhibited in Cypress Grill Restaurant in Austin, Texas.
You may see one of my mosaics in Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
During the month of March, I have landscape paintings displayed at Abbey's Home Furnishings in Georgetown, Texas.
Biography
Lynn Bridge first studied art at the University of Texas, then went on to graduate with a B. F. A. with an emphasis on painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. . Although she didn't become a professional artist for years, she always had an artistic output: banners, drawings for brochures, fiber weavings, fabric hangings, and paintings.
Lynn creates mosaics using her unique technique of laying a large variety of tesserae into colored cement, making even the two-dimensional pieces highly textured. The themes of her work, when not flat-out humorous, are often her contemplations of life's deep questions which she finds hidden in plain sight in her everyday world.
Lynn is a member of the Creative Arts Society in Austin, TX, the Austin Mosaic Guild, the Multicultural Artists Partnership in Austin, TX, Christians in the Visual Arts, and the Society of American Mosaic Artists.
The Woman at the Bus Stop
Copyright 2009 by Lynn Bridge
9 x 6 ¾, including frame.
Porcelain tile, smalti, millefiori, antique buttons, and colored cement on masonite. Permanently framed in a black metal gallery frame.
This is a portrait of a woman I saw at the bus stop, with a pet rat on her shoulder. See But I Know What I Like on my art blog.
The Wife of Mr. Fix-it
Copyright 2009 by Lynn Bridge.
14" x 11" x 3".
Not for Sale.
Tile, metal and plastic parts, marbles, and colored cement on masonite.
For a further explanation, see the article Portrait on my art blog.
Still Pink
7 1/2" x 6 5/8" x 2", including frame.
The work is permanently framed in a black gallery frame. Stained glass, vitreous, ceramic, and porcelain tiles, glitter glass tiles, seed beads, glass blobs, smalti, and marfil stone.
See the article Still Pink, Again on my art blog.
The Mental Block
Copyright 2010 by Lynn Bridge
15 3/4" x 11 7/8" x 1 1/2".
On view at Ciel Gallery
Charlotte, NC
Van Gogh glass, smalti, porcelain tile, hardware, polished stone, marfil stone, gravel, vitreous tile, marbles. This is permanently framed in a black metal gallery frame.
See the article, Mental Block, on my art blog.
The Gradual Unfolding of Time
6" diameter x 1 1/2".
Ceramic piece, porcelain, ceramic, and vitreous tiles, glass beads, dressmaker pins, gravel, and rough-cut stone.
Integral frame and the folding ceramic inclusion made by Roberta Mitchell.
For more explanation of this piece, see the article, Time on my art blog.
The Song of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
11 1/2" x 30 1/4".
Stained glass, Italian smalti, glass seed beads on Wediboard.
For a further explanation of this piece, see the article, Sound into Sight, from my art blog.
Snappy Synapses
12 1/4" x 12 1/4"
Vitreous and Iridio Tiles with Painted Grout on Wediboard.
For more explanation of this work, see the article, Brains, on my art blog.
Sinister
6 1/8" x 6 1/4".
Found objects, ceramic tile, smalti, vitreous and porcelain tile.
For more explanation of this piece, see the article, The Things, on my art blog.
The Good Earth
Photograph by Charlotte Bell
8 5/8" diameter. 10 7/8" wide with spoon x 1 1/2" high.
Plate, glazed ceramic, polished stone, English stone, White Sands sand, glass marbles, glass blobs, vitreous tile, glass beads, millefiori, glass cubes, stainless steel spoon, smalti.
For an expanded explanation of this piece, visit my art blog and read the article, The Good Earth..
The Call of the Canyon Wren
7 1/2" x 9 3/4" x 1"
Ceramic frame made by Roberta Mitchell.
Smalti, stained glass, millefiori, stone beads, polished stones, seed beads, glass cubes, ceramic tiles, and handmade ceramic frame.
This mosaic translates the falling trill of the Canyon Wren's call into a visual form.
The Big Sing
Photograph by Charlotte Bell.
9 ¼ x 9 ½ x 2 ¼.
Marfil stone, glass beads, various glass tiles, ceramic tiles, millefiori, smalti, recycled glass, and colored cement on Wedi board. Permanently framed in a black metal gallery frame.
For more about the theme of this piece, see Breathing Together on my art blog.
Pulses
Artwork copyright 2009 by Lynn Bridge
On view at University of Phoenix in Austin, TX.
12 1/4" x 12 1/4", including self-frame of painted wood.
Glass beads, acrylic paint, van Gogh glass, and a CD on Wedi board.
For an explanation of the thought process behind this work, see The Myth of the Loner on my art blog.
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Pink
12 x 12 x 1 ¼.
Stained glass, smalti, vitreous, porcelain, and ceramic tiles, polished stones, glass blobs, seed beads, millefiori, and glitter glass tiles.
This piece is a visual interpretation of a short story by the same name that I wrote. It can be found as Pink on my art blog.
Silent Witnesses
12 7/8 x 6 ¾ x 1 ¾, including frame.
Stained glass, vitreous, ceramic, and porcelain tiles, glass beads, smalti, and colored cement on Wedi board.
For an explanation of the theme behind this work, see Silent Witnesses on my art blog.
Night Lights
4 3/4" x 20 1/2" x 1 1/2".
Glass, Glass and porcelain tiles, smalti, marfil stone and colored cement on Wedi board.
For the story behind the making of this piece, see Night Lights on my art blog.
If Shakespeare Visited My Town
8" x 8" x 2 1/2"
Plastic beads, glass beads, glass blobs, smalti, ceramic tile (glazed), vitreous tile, marfil stone, rocks, stone beads, stained glass, plastic bottle lids, and colored cement on a cradled panel.
For more about this piece, visit my art blog and read "Words".
Hunger
8 3/16" x 10 3/16" with frame.
Stained glass, crushed glass, iridio glass, Van Gogh glass, ceramic tile, polished coral, marfil stone, glass beads, glass cubes, gold smalti, and colored cement on masonite.
To find out what I was thinking as I was making this piece, see Hunger on my art blog.
Repose
12 3/4" x 9 3/4"
Smalti and grout on Wediboard.
The story behind this work can be found on my art blog under the title, Repose.
Connection
Artwork copyright 2010 by Lynn Bridge
12" x 12"
SOLD
Stained glass, gravel, glass and porcelain tile, and colored cement on Wedi board.
This is my 2010 contribution to the museum's '100%' silent auction.
For more about what I was thinking in planning this piece, see New Contribution to a Museum Fund-raiseron my art blog.
Broken Lives
5 x 7 x 7/8 without frame.
Glass blobs, vitreous and porcelain tiles, glass cubes, stone beads, glass beads, millefiori and cement on masonite. (Framed in a black metal frame.)
For the story behind this work, see Broken Lives on my art blog.
Blue Heart
6" x 6" x 1 3/4"
Glazed ceramic tile, glass, beads, stones, dressmaker pins, smalti.
For an explanation of this piece, see Blue Romance
on my art blog.
Blood and Tears
12" x 12" x 2", without frame.
Smalti, stained glass, marble, glass, vitreous tile, stone beads, glass beads, millefiori, tumbled beach glass, ceramic tile, and colored cement on Wedi board. Permanently framed in a black metal gallery frame.
For the unusual explanation of this piece, see my article by the same title, Blood and Tears, on my art blog.
Arugula
6 3/16" diameter x 1 1/2".
Ceramic frame, ceramic and glass inclusion, glass beads, stained glass, polished stone, porcelain and glazed ceramic tile, smalti, hardware brads, dressmaker's pins. Frame and ceramic inclusion made by Roberta Mitchell.
The story behind this piece can be found on my art blog as Taste and See.
Texas Sunrise
Copyright by Lynn Bridge
7" h x 12 3/4"w x 131/2" d
For an explanation of the piece, see my article, "Humor".
For sale through the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center in Austin, TX.
This sculpture will be on view at Austin Bergstrom International Airport starting May 15.
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All images on this website are copyright by Lynn Bridge. All rights reserved.
I welcome commissions. I can personalize your work with your own favorite stones, tiles, broken dishes, etc.
