Collection 20 Living Room

Collection 20: Living Room

The living room is dominated by large windows, which provide dramatic lighting for works by
Karen LaMonte, Stephen Rolfe Powell, and Gisela Sabokova. There is a fireplace on the left.

		Karen LaMonte, "Fluted Dress," 2004. Kiln-cast glass.
	Stephen Rolfe Powell, "Cherry Splash Jones." Blown glass. To the right is "Woman in a Bath," ceramic and mixed media by John Lees. To the left is Jiri Riba's "Contact I."
Gisela Sabokova, "Torso Weis." Kilnformed cut glass, cold-worked.
		Pieces by Vasa, Harley and others grace the glass coffee table. On the left: Vasa, laminated acrylic columns; on the right: Niki Harley, "Interaction," kiln-cast leaded glass. .
Also on the coffee table is Carole Freve's "L'Ecorce, 2000," blown and kiln-worked glass, steel and brass knitting.
	Colin Reid, "Pyramid Form," cast glass, cut and polished
		Yoichi Ohira's "Mosaico a Rami Rossi" is on the end table. Created with Maestros Andrea Zilio and Giacomo Barbini using hand-blown canes with murrini, granular and powder inserts, with the surface finished with partial battuto and inciso techiniques.
	On the side wall is Charles Arnoldi's "According to Code," wood with acrylic. Above the piano is Mel Watkins' "Figure with Too Many Eyes," graphite on paper, canvas backed. The Erwin Eisch head shown on the coffee table in this photo has been moved to the family dining room, and is shown and described on that page.
The collectors' friendly, low-maintenance dog resides under the piano. The installation, with digital ink-jet print, glass, and metal, is Marta Klonowska's "Portrait of a Lady Holding her Pet King Charles Spaniel, after the painting with the same title by Jan Verkotje (Dutch, 1650-1693)".
		Left: Dale Chihuly, "Tomato Red Venetian with Lime Prunts and Tangerine Coil," blown glass; right: Dale Chihuly, "Jerusalem 2000 Cylinder," blown glass.
An etagere holds part of the collection of art nouveau glass cookie jars, with more on the mantle. To the left of the etagere is "Objects of Bright Pride," a lampworked, painted glass wall hanging by Janis Miltenberger.Brent Galaude's painted wood carving, "Pulling Man," and Akio Takamori's "Young Soldier" (stoneware with underglaze) are on the hearth.