Artwork by Laura Prevratil
There has been a long gap between the start of my art practice, as apprentice to Dan Flavin, and today. Suffice it to say that it was due to a terrible accident and the loss of use of one of my hands. At that time, I was pursuing my MFA in New York at Stony Brook University. Unfortunately, that educational process was interrupted by years of surgeries and inability to afford to return to art school. But, philosophically, it did not deter the desire in me to work and the influence of the heredity of generations of artisans that I came from.
And, above all, the love of glass and light stayed with me; as well as the love of classical art the Dan Flavin instilled in me. …
