Stained glass designs: vintage window frames are filled with creative designs.
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16″ X 20″ GLASS WITH A 2″ PAINTED WHITE-PINE FRAME.
SIZE INCLUDING FRAME: 22″ X 33.5″
Stained glass swamp scene.
Since playing in the abandoned houses on Swan Island, and being fascinated by the stained glass window in the stairway of the Polley-Robinson-Powell house near the campground, I have enjoyed creating my own stained glass designs! See examples below:
THIS VERY WINDOW ON THE STAIRWAY IN THE POWELL HOUSE BEGAN MY EARLY FASCINATION WITH STAINED GLASS!
THE FIRST WINDOW I MADE – INSPIRED BY A DOWNEAST MAGAZINE COVER!
MARILYN MONROE – POSE from 7-YEAR ITCH POSTER
ART DECO STAINED GLASS PANELS – INSERTED IN VINTAGE WOODEN WINDOW FRAMES
SIX ART DECO PANELS INSERTED IN AN ANTIQUE WOODEN WINDOW FRAME.
WHO DOESN’T KNOW BETTY BOOP? OPEN FRAME on the L SIDE.
VARIOUS GLASS FANTASY BIRDS SITTING ON A BRANCH
GLASS FEATHERS strung with rawhide, to hang in a sunny window.
BAXTER THE FRIENDLY DOG OUTFITTED WITH HIS NAME ETCHED INTO HIS BOWTIE
CURIO CABINET DOOR – OPEN
and CLOSED VIEW BELOW….
DRAGONFLIES OVER THE KENNEBEC WINDOW –
DISPLAYED AT ANNABELLA’S CAFE, RICHMOND, MAINE
FANTASY-FISH PRIVACY PANEL to fill a bathroom window
UNDER SEA FANTASY WINDOW
A BLUE MOOSE with a glass eye- CREATED FOR A STOREFRONT LOGO – open elements within
INTERPRETATION OF FRENCHMAN’S BAY in BAR HARBOR, MAINE
MY SUNSHINE
FOUR FOOT X TWO FOOT DEPICTION OF NUBBLE LIGHTHOUSE in MAINE
BUBBLE JUGGLING MERMAID ELEMENT NOW FITTED INTO A WINDOW FRAME, INCLUDING SEA GLASS “SCALES” COLLECTED ON BEACHES THROUGHOUT THE USA
FAERIE MOON GAZER
FOREST ORCHIDS – YELLOW LADYSLIPPERS
WILD OCEAN WAVE – NEW OAK FRAME
THREE-FOOT-TALL 3-D ANGEL MOLLY –
A LARGE CANDLE INSERTED BEHIND HER DRESS ALLOWS HER TO GLOW
GRAMMIE FITCH’S CRAZY QUILT WINDOW
in a new RED OAK FRAME
LOGO PIECE HANGING IN A WINDOW WITH LIGHT SHINING THROUGH
LOGO PIECE LAYING ON CARPETING….note the difference in iridescent & reflective glass!
CONTINENTAL JETLINER in a new pine frame
TALL LEAVES 5-PANEL LAMPSHADE
7-PANEL SOUTHWEST DESIGN LAMPSHADE
FOUR-PANEL ART DECO STYLE LAMPSHADE
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TREE OF LIFE PATTERN FILLS A STANDARD-SIZE WINDOW
BEACHED LOBSTER-STARFISH
MARILYN MONROE
MARILYN MILLER
NORMA JEANE BAKER
NORMA JEANE MORTENSON
NORMA JEANE DOUGHERTY
MARILYN DiMAGGIO
1926 – Born Norma Jeane Baker on June 1.
1927-1942 – Lived in foster homes, with several relatives.
1943 – At age 16, married next door neighbor, James Dougherty
1944 – Pin-up career, modeling
1953 – Adopted the trademark beauty mark on left upper lip.
1953 – Appeared on Jack Benny Show
1953 – June hand & footprints in concrete outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
1953 – Hugh Hefner features her on cover and as centerfold in first issue of PLAYBOY magazine.
1954 – Marriage to Joe DeMaggio (9 months duration)
1955 – Iconic subway grate scene for THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
1955 – Begins psychoanalysis, recommended by Lee Strasberg her acting coach.
1955 – Marilyn begins a relationship with playwright Arthur Miller, later investigated by FBI for allegations of communism
1956 – Walter Winchell makes a statement that “America’s best-known blonde moving picture star is now the darling of the left-wing intelligentsia.
1956 – Marries Arthur Miller in June
1956 – Receives Golden Globe for Best Actress in movie BUS STOP.
1956 – Dependence on pharmaceuticals escalates, experiences two miscarriages, suffers from endometriosis.
1957 – Receives European award: Italian David de Donatello and the Crystal Star award.
1956-1959 – Marilyn hospitalized for barbiturate addiction, takes a sabbatical due to endometriosis.
1959 – SOME LIKE IT HOT earns Marilyn a Golden Globe for Best Actress.
1960 – Release of LET’S MAKE LOVE, reviewed by Hedda Hopper as “the most vulgar picture she has ever done”.
1960 – Gallstone pain necessitate barbiturates for which she spent a week in a hospital detoxing.
1961 – Marilyn obtains a Mexican divorce from Miller
1961 – Surgeries: cholecystectomy, endometriosis, depression keep her hospitalized
1962 – Purchases a house in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California
1962 – World Film Favorite Golden Globe Award for SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE
1962 – Six weeks of sinusitis postpones production of SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE (remake of the 1940 movie: MY FAVORITE WIFE)
1962 – Fox re-opens negotiations to recommence SOMETHING’S GOT TO GIVE and WHAT A WAY TO GO!
1962 – Marilyn sings HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT to John F. Kennedy on May 19.
1962 – August 6, 1962: MARILYN MONROE found nude in bed, KILLS HERSELF.
1964 – To repair her public image, Marilyn posed in 1962 for two series of photographs taken by Bert Stern which he published for her posthumously with the title THE LAST SITTING.
