Psalms Mosaic, 1978, stained glass on glass mosaic, 23” x 29”, based on a painting I did in 1977. The image is of a dance performed using Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein. Choreography was by William Constance of Vineyard Dance. I first watched the dance and did the painting, then performed the dance in a later version, so I felt the motion. The mosaic sold to a principal dance of the Boston Ballet and her husband, theater manager of the then Metropolitan Center (now Wang Center for the Performing Arts).

When William Costanza died in 2023, I decided to revisit the image and use the painting again to create fused glass versions. I’ve done three versions, each progressively darker.

Daylight

Night lighting

Psalms, Casein paint on paper, 1977, 23” x 29”

Psalms, fused stained glass with metal oxide underpainting, 2023, 23” x 29”