Rick Ayotte

Rick Ayotte 2008 "Midnight Blue" Glasscape seriesRick Ayotte 2008 "Midnight Blue" Glasscape series magnum paperweight. Frothing ocean waves surge through the mouth of a cave in this panoramic glass painting with seagull and setting sun. "I consider this to be my best work to date. The numerous "painted" layers of glass instill the design with a superb authenticity. This new technique opens the door for more fascinating paintings in this area." - Rick Ayotte in "Songs without Words". Signed/ [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2011 “Forest Delight” spotted salamander in woodland scene magnum faceted paperweight. A blue salamander with yellow spots explores a forest floor amid red and white mushrooms, yellow flowers, berries, beetles and leaf litter. Brown and green rock ground. Six and one facets. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/2". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 1990 two titmice and holly on snowy ground paperweight. A pair of dimensional gray titmice survey the pickings as they hop through holly leaves and berries that have come to rest on a patch of snow. Signed/dated. Limited edition of 50. Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2012 “Above the Clouds” glasscape faceted compound paperweight. Using a painted glass technique, a tranquil mountain lake scene is evoked on a white plaque artfully set at the fore of an upright weight. A sky blue ground, painted with billowing white clouds, forms a backdrop to the scene, which includes an abandoned rowboat at lake's edge, a cabin, sloping green meadows and a snowy mountain range. A black and white eagle, with a yellow beak, takes flight above. Bottom facet and full frontal facet. Edition 1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2012 “After the Storm” painted landscape with cardinal magnum paperweight. A wintry landscape of bare trees, snow-covered fields and billowing white snow clouds forms the painted glass ground against which a brilliant red, three-dimensional cardinal becomes the focus. Just beneath the dome and resting on a perch of snow-dusted pine needles, this crimson bird is evoked within the vocabulary of conventional lampwork artistry and then very poetically and originally juxtaposed against a flat painted glass ground. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/4". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2009 red velvet poppy bouquet and butterfly compound magnum paperweight. A brown and orange Buckeye butterfly hovers above a lush bouquet dominated by two velvety red poppies, surrounded by an array of purple daffodils, pink and yellow blossoms and a scattering of green leaves and curling tendrils. The bouquet floats above a translucent green ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/16”. [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2015 crabapples with flowers faceted paperweight. A circular bouquet of red crab apples tipped with green blossom-end remnants, is topped by a cluster of white apple blossoms, with yellow millefiori centers, and rests on a gathering of green leaves. Clear ground. Six and one facets. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2006 “Wonders of the Night” owl pair magnum paperweight. Two lampwork owls, with brown wings, heads and tails that incorporate streaks of yellow, red and blue, and with cream-colored breast feathers, gaze back at the observer from the brown branch on which they sit with quizzical expressions. Each has cream-colored circles around the eyes and the owl on the left clutches a blue iridescent beetle in his right claw, pressed to the branch. In the background is a Glasscape painting of a peach-colored sunset changing to light blue over a sandy landscape. Edition #1 of 1. Signed/dated. Glass seam apparent from side. Diameter 4 1/4". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2008 "Magnolia Warbler" bird and magnolia glass paperweight. The three-dimensional design contains a blue-capped yellow and black magnolia warbler perched on a branch, with a large light pink magnolia blossom, buds, and variegated green leaves, over clear ground. Signed/dated. Limited edition of 25. Diameter 3 5/8". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2002 golden-crown sparrows with red berries paperweight. Two golden-crown sparrows, en couple, regard one another across a thick cluster of crimson berries and dark green leaves. Snowy ground. Limited edition of 25. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/4". [hide]

Rick Ayotte pink flower stopper with amethyst vase. A deep violet vase has a clear base and a tall drop shaped stopper containing a pink flower with long slim petals and green sepals. Height 9". [hide]