Fantasy GlassWorks | West Hampstead, NY

Joanne started playing the piano at four, graduating with a degree in Classical Performance from Queens College. She played in many original and cover bands, and for many colorful personalities. Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach was so taken with her band that he flew them to Dallas several times to play.

But one night, on the way home from a late gig, Joanne spotted a stained glass lamp in a shop window. It inspired her to create beautiful stained glass art. By 1987, she started making kaleidoscopes, and they sold out immediately at her craft fairs. She eventually became the featured artist several times at the Lincoln Center Crafts Festival in New York City.

Joanne has an innate color sense, knowing how to mix the right combinations of hue and texture. Her images are bright, big and full in every sense. They fill the mirrors with bold and vibrant strokes. She credits Walt Disney, Claude Monet, Marc Chagall and Japanese wood block prints as her major art influences.

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