Glass Artist Catharine Newell
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Using a paintbrush, Catharine Newell draws human figures using powdered glass on a glass surface. Her finished portraits look like crumpled pieces of paper. She's moved to this unique style from her background in stained glass. She's inspired by people-watching and she takes photos of people from afar on the street, who take on a life of their own in the studio.
First Broadcast: 2007
Producer: Jessica Martin
Appeared in episodes: Glass Artist Catharine Newell, Blues Musician David Jacobs-Strain, Painter Cristina Acosta, Glass Artist Catharine Newell, Celtic Musician Hanz Araki, Sculptor Tom Hardy, Glass Artists Roger Crosta, Glass Artist Chris Hawthorne, Glass Artist Catharine Newell, Glass Artist Mike Plane
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- The Woman with the Veil
- by KC Cowan | 11/17/2009
- It isn’t often that the Portland Art Museum brings in an exhibit that consists entirely of one painting, but a masterpiece by Raphael is now on display and worth the trip to see. I finally got there last week and am so glad I did. “The Woman with the Veil” is so stunning, so richly painted [...]
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