Ilona Brustad
When I took my first mosaic workshop, I fell in love again. My response was immediate and intense. I needed to make mosaics. As a painter of 20 years experience, I had always been intrigued by the intense colors of Rouault and the primitive painters of Haiti, a country I have visited many times. Consequently, I found the shift to the color and texture possibilities of mosaics natural and intriguing. Since that first mosaic class I have experimented with a variety of materials - glass tiles, porcelain tiles, stones, found objects, and handmade
tiles, to create unique innovative art works.
website:
www.ilonabrustand.com
email: imbrustad@aol.com
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"Searching for Meaning" Broken colored glass, art glass, Van Gogh glass, shells, beads, and gravel 24" x 32" |
 "Continental Divide" Polymer tile, gold mirror tile, glass beads, smalti, and vitreous glass tile 12" x 12" |
 "The Great Gate of Kiev" Polymer tiles, painted glass, gold mirror tile, millefiori, beads, and costume jewelry 32" x 24" |
 "Love in the Stone Age" Polymer tiles, glass tiles, millefiori, smalti, and semiprecious stones 12" x 12" |
 "Troubled Waters" Art glass and millefiori 17" x 21" |
 "Yearning to Fly" Painted glass tiles, polymer tiles, glass tiles, millefiori, slate, and pebbles 25" x 31" |