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Artist Statement:
Rick L. Silas: Inventor and
patent holder on Cold Bent
Glass & Shattered Laminated
Glass Technologies. Rick L.
Silas has been a working
artist for the last twenty
five years in Canada. After
five years of formal art
studies, in Montreal and
Calgary, he abandoned
traditional mediums in favor
of contemporary ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Sidney Fine Art Show October
11 - 14, 2007
Juror's Choice Award for
"Discovery" glass sculpture...
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Artist Galleries:
coming soon to...
Main Street Gallery
The Pier
Sidney, British Columbia,
Canada
Gallery of Artisans
Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada
The Finer Things Gallery
Shawnigan Lake, British
Columbia, Canada
The New West Gallery
Sidney, British Columbia,
Canada
www.thenewwestgallery.com...
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Artist Reviews:
Sidney Fine Art Show October
2007
Juror's Choice Award for
"Discovery" glass sculpture
TELEVISION INTERVIEWS:
Discovery Channel - "Daily
Planet" 1st Aired April 17 &
18, 2007..shown again, June
2007
Watch Rick L. Silas create a
large glass sculpture using
his patented cold bent glass
process. More information can
be ...
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Collections:
Numerous Private Collections
throughout Canada, United
States & Europe...
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Commissions for Rick L Silas:
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Rick has done hundreds of private and corporate commissions over the past twenty years below is just a sampling:
Selected Private, Public & Corporate Commissions & Installations
Arts Centre At Cedar Hill, Victoria, BC – In process – 60’ x 10’ Art Glass Wall Installation - September 2011
BC Oil & Gas Commission, Victoria, BC – “Shift” painting for lobby 12’x 4.5’”
Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, Sidney, BC – “Ocean Monoliths” sculpture – 26’ x 9’ x 2’
Dockside Green Developments, Victoria, BC - 30’x8’x2’ Outdoor Glass Sculpture
Sidney Waterfront Inn & Spa, Sidney, BC – Outdoor Glass “Orca” Sculpture
Wills Residence – Sidney, BC – 8 Cold bent glass birds sculpture spiralling from ceiling
Lutheran Church, Victoria, BC – Cold bent glass “Baptismal Font”
Private Residence, New York – Cold bent glass staircase
Dr. G. Kersten Dental Office, Victoria, BC- Site specific art glass paintings
Four Mile Pub, Victoria, BC – Cascading bar top, glass backdrop & bent glass wall
Dr. G. Siren Residence, Victoria, BC – Indoor & Outdoor glass sculptures, Ice glass paintings & tabletops, walls and shattered glass kitchen backsplash.
BC Provincial Government & Federal Government – Designed and created two art Ice glass awards for the Yechooche Band of Northern BC.
Municipal Finance Authority, Victoria, BC – Site Specific Ice Glass painting.
Valley Vines to Wines, Mill Bay, BC – Several Ice glass panels with wine imagery.
National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario – Created 13 Innovation Awards
National Adult Literacy Database, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta – Library ice glass signage
Alberta Hotel, Calgary, Alberta – Shattered glass on mirror for lobby & elevator
4th Street Office Building, Calgary, Alberta – Shattered glass canopy
Jaws Technology, Calgary, Alberta –shattered glass tables & Panels for reception area
Calgary International Airport, Calgary Alberta – Ice Glass paintings
First Seventeen Place, Calgary, Alberta – Ice glass paintings for lobby
The Venture Group, Calgary, Alberta – Art glass for two floors of office space.
New York University of Law – World Map painting
Mount Royal Village, Calgary, Alberta – Waterfall 18’x 12’ x 2’ Lobby of Oasis Spa
Canadian Western Body Builders Association – Created 17 Glass Awards
Sunlife Insurance, Calgary, Alberta – “Shelter from the Storm” Sculpture 15’x15’x15 in lobby
“Out West Park”, Calgary, Alberta – Wood Sculpture
The Maytag Man, Calgary, Alberta – Wood Sculpture
Tompkins Square Park, Calgary, Alberta – Book Sculpture
There are many more commissions and installations completed since 1982
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