Rick Ayotte

Rick Ayotte 1996 American beauty red rose lozenge sculpture. A solitary lush blood-red rose, with many tiers of petals, is layered atop four green sepals and floats gracefully within a clear lozenge. Triangular faceted base. Limited edition of 2. Signed/dated. Width 2 7/8”, height 2”. [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 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 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 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 sunflower and goldfinch magnum paperweight. A cheerful yellow and black goldfinch perches atop a large, multi-tiered yellow sunflower, with ribbed petals and a center tuft of brown seeds, which is cradled within dark green sepals. The flower floats above a translucent green ground. Limited edition of 10. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/8”. [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2006 butterfly and light blue roses magnum glass paperweight. A blue dichroic butterfly rests atop three pale blue and white roses, amidst green leaves, over clear ground. Limited edition of 5. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 3/16". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 1990 two titmice and holly on snowy ground faceted 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. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 7/16". [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 1988 "Titmice on Snowy Ground" with holly paperweight. Two titmice, with fossil gray plummage and amber-tinged white breasts, perch one atop the other, one right-facing and the other left, on holly leaves with juicy crimson berries, against a snowy ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 1996 "Passing Glory" pink butterfly paperweight, from the Butterfly series. A pink rhodophthitus simplex roseus moth flutters over a vine of three lavender clematis blossoms, leaves and tendrils. Clear ground. Limited edition of 50. Signed/dated. Surface wear. Diameter 3 5/16". [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]

Rick Ayotte 1980 "Hawk Owl" paperweight, from the Bird of Prey series. A sage owl stares ominously as he perches on a bit of bare branch. The owl's feathers are intricately patterned with lines and dots. Edition #9 of a limited edition of 75. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 3/8". [hide]