Jill Casty Art
American
Impressions/ Expressions—The Art of Jill Casty Now working and presenting her art in California, Italy and Mexico, Jill Casty has focused in recent years on unique sculptures—ensembles of brilliant, colorful fused glass and various metals or works of glass solos. In the United States, an earlier stage of her career was devoted to the creation of large-scale works for public places—monumental sculptures, as high as 9.5 meters, and extensive series of “mobiles” and other forms of aerial art that provided identity and celebration for central locations in cities and in public and commercial buildings and centers. Her current work is more intimate in scale, personal in style, theme, and emotion. As befits these times that we live and work in, her art is innovative, “cutting edge”, even provocative in its own way. But unlike so much contemporary art, it is an art of flowing rhythms and form, bright, glowing color—an exuberant art, full of celebration and grace. In surprising, unique ways, in many works she combines the glass images created by fusion—dramatic, lyrical, elegant, with an evocative transparency—with the crisp, precise edges and surfaces—solid, self-contained—of varied patterns and types of metal, or even Carrara marble. These sculptures are created for hanging on walls or standing on floors or table tops. It is a “painterly” use of glass, the works like dramatic paintings in shapes and space. Color, as transformed in glass, is her guiding force and passion, Henri Matisse her guiding spirit. Inspired by his quest to see “…how to make my colors sing.” For everyone knows, he wrote, that “Good color sings. It is melodious, aroma-like, never over-baked…, can inspire ideas of joy, of riches, of glory and love.” Her colors, layered and textured, full of light and energy, capture this spirit. They are rich, serene or bold, vivacious. She capitalizes on the unique open-ness of fusions and re-fusions of clear and colored glass—as colors shift and change their tones, impressions, subtleties as they interact with the play of changing light. Reflecting light, changing light on its passage through the glass. There is an inner spirit, an interior narrative within the formal structures and abstractions of her work. In each, and in varying ways, she seeks to capture the continuing drama of spirit—beauty, hope, connection, compassion, love—within material form, the material world. That drama, that narrative, reflects her sense of possibility. She sees a kind of re-opening, an affirming light in the innate presence of the glass. She enthusiastically follows the banner of the artistic credo of Pierre August Renoir about the place of, indeed the need for beauty in the world: “To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.”to
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Artist: Jill Casty
Spirits Dancing, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Spirits Dancing, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
28″ × 17″ × 2", 40 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Wall Mounted
Artist Commentary:
Living in Pisa, Italy where each evening the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Totem Poem, Original Glass and Metal Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Totem Poem, Original Glass and Metal Sculpture, 2020
43″ × 72″ × 36″, 70 lbs
Fused Glass and Varied Metals
Sculpture may be installed indoors and outdoors
Free Standing
Artist Comme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Metal
Celebrating Ettore Sottsass, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Celebrating Ettore Sottsass, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
22″ × 16″ × 5″, 40 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Free Standing
Artist Commentary:
While visiting the Biennalle in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Spring in the Garden, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Spring in the Garden, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
15″ × 12″ × 2″, 10 lbs
Fused Glass
Free Standing
May be installed indoors and outdoors
Words that describe this piece: Colorful,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Glass
Pink Sky at Sunset
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Our family loved to see and celebrate the colors of the sky. One of my favorite times was and is when the sky lights up with pink clouds on that beautiful blue background giving us a Sky Blue Pink Sky...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sailing into Space, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Sailing into Space, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
32″ × 19″ × 2″, 40 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Wall mounted
Artist Commentary:
I was working with some metal fabricators w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
By the Healing Waters, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
By the Healing Waters, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
16″ × 12″ × 3″, 30 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Sculpture
May be installed indoors and outdoors
Free standing
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Homage to Miro`
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I went on a drive with some friends up into the hills of Carrara where the marble quarries are. There were marble "rocks" all over the place and I when I expresse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
A New Day Dawning
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Actually inspired by that yellow glass. Had to use that color once I found it. Then combined it with more colors. Decided to put it in an off square frame. When ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
As Night Descends, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
As Night Descends, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
31″ × 17″ × 3″, 55 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Sculpture
Wall Mounted
Artist Commentary:
I made this several year...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ghost Trees in the Fall, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Ghost Trees in the Fall, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
15″ × 12″ × 3″, 10 lbs
Fused Glass
Free Standing
Can be placed indoors and outdoors.
Artist Commentary:
This is part of a ser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Glass
Abstraction in Orange
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is part of a new series of Free Standing sculptures. I was due to be in a group show where I would have a 6 foot table on which t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Glass
Apres Matisse
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
After seeing a show of the works of Matisse, I wanted to express the joy I find in his work. His wonderful pleasure in color and simple forms. Making it while in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Hues of Baja Sur
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Made in La Paz, BCS, Mexico where the sunsets and the colors of the sea are moving and inspiring. The rocks and the coral and the bird life. Very peaceful - La Pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Waves Under the Sea
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
It's about the colors and the beautiful, waving trees of kelp in the sea. Especially wonderful when you can see it at the Monterey Aquarium - or probably any aqua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Song of Summer
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Made this piece while living in Italy in a house with a long garden and a very bark-y dog. The garden was lovingly kept by the lovely couple who owned the house a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Quartet
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Working in glass is a real joy. The colors inspire. The forms. I wanted to make a piece that was really painterly and I think it worked.
Words that describe this...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
When Color Speaks
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Walking along the River Arno and over the Ponte Mezzo in Pisa, seeing the palaces reflected on the river or the evening clouds made me appreciate and enjoy the ch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Day Dreaming
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Started as an experiment to see how my new, larger kiln would feel to use. Hmmm. Turns out I love it and it's lovely to use. I wanted to try that dark purple glas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Reflections on the Sea
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Color is my inspiration. Nature, the colors of nature, the colors of the sky - and of course the ever changing beauty of the sea. Glass is such a perfect medium t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Glass
In My Day Lily Garden
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Hummingbirds were flying around my bougenvilla. This inspired me to look them up and it turns out that they really like Day Lilies. Day Lilies turned out to be lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Glass
Sunlight on the Baja Shore, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Sunlight on the Baja Shore, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
23″ × 23″ × 1″, 40 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Wall Mounted
Artist Commentary:
The first year we were li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
The Sound of Color, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
The Sound of Color, Original Glass and Steel Sculpture, 2020
28″ × 31″ × 3″, 65 lbs
Fused Glass and Stainless Steel
Wall Mounted
Artist Commentary:
I had a wonderful solo show in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tuscan Morning
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I had the great good fortune to live and work in Italy over a period of several years. The Tuscan landscape is very captivating as is life in the area. Fine frien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
A Moment's Splendor
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
There was a restaurant in La Paz, BCS, Mexico where they kept peacocks and other birds in large cages in the back. I've always loved the glory of the peacock and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
September Song
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
While living in La Paz, BCS, Mexico, where the spring and summer were tremendously hot, I was thinking about the wonderful fall and fall colors in the eastern Uni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Joyous Morning
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
In Tuscany the Red Poppies start to emerge in April and May. So beautiful. So happy. Joyous Morning.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
UnEarthed
By Jill Casty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The reds in my glass collection speak loudly to me. I wanted to do an experiment using reds and blacks in a hot melt. The color is intense and wonderful and felt ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jill Casty Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
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