tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53857866317840743202024-02-20T20:34:06.539+11:00 Riverina Leadlight & Fine Art: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-17185721523451634442020-10-20T15:57:00.010+11:002020-10-20T17:08:24.435+11:00 TO ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED OUR ART- OUR THANKSIt is with great sadness, that after many years of working with glass and creating, and waiting over 8 years years for a resolution to our property damaged in 2012 by flooding, I have put down the glass cutter. The loss of my work studio, as a result of sewerage inundation in 2010 and flooding again in 2012 requiring us to evacuate and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-51485541339674098812018-06-11T14:55:00.000+10:002018-06-11T14:55:35.682+10:00Artwork Updates 2018 by Les Waring
LANDSCAPE SERIES : A SUNBURNT COUNTRY
The following five artworks are part of the new 2018 series which reflect the brilliant and vibrant colours of our outback Australian landscape. All works are copyrighted by the artist.
All works are for sale. POA .They are acrylic on fixed stretched canvas over rigid board.
'Palm Valley- Off the Finke River Central Australia " Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-67865657425356500522017-06-11T15:27:00.002+10:002020-10-20T15:06:15.040+11:00 Artworks by Les in 2017 Following the successful exhibition held at the beautiful Gallery 294 in Honour Ave Corowa, and presenting to gallery members and associates art lessons at the gallery into the technical aspects of fine art in the traditional sense, Les is now creating a new series named :
"MAGIC SKIES. " The subject involves Australian Landscapes based upon on this theme.
The following Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-61418239589223173672016-10-08T14:40:00.002+11:002020-10-20T15:06:48.929+11:00These are paintings of Days Gone By completed by Les in recent months with a focus on water travel. They include works Frobisher and the Northern Lights and scenes of the Murray River the lifeblood of Australia ,a main artery upon on which many paddle steamers plied the trade linking the towns and communities which developed along it. &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-5434875015833026692013-09-20T12:30:00.001+10:002013-09-20T13:03:43.143+10:00Three panels for Kiama renovationThe photo at bottom, is a new panel, one of three modified slightly in design so as to match existing panels shown here as well as two other lap and sash windows . They are to be installed in three wind out windows to be included in a living area extension and the antique and waterglass coupled with the bevel, a touch of red and some blue glass should create&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-70146993358477023392013-09-20T12:08:00.003+10:002014-02-19T15:03:38.283+11:00Front Door Panels
One of the recent issues arising with regard to leadlight panels are premade doors containing leadlight panels or leadlight look alikes. This recent leadlight of similar design containing central bevel cluster and bevel circles that I completed to replace a rather thin and flimsy leadlight made from very thin glass which had been in a door purchased asUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-54573609443629026542013-08-23T13:05:00.000+10:002013-08-23T13:05:26.946+10:00Happy CustomerGlazier
came round today - see attached for the (fantastic) results.
I'm delighted with it - once again, thank you so much! Comment by owner James.
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Yellow flower- copperfoil
Magnolias and gum blossom light catchers- copperfoil
Blue clematis- copperfoil : NFS
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-14131372334477062652013-06-14T13:26:00.001+10:002013-06-14T13:33:05.006+10:00Seven Art Nouveau panels for front door surround
These seven panels are my latest creation having taken a month to cut and build. I have superimposed them upon a photo of the front door so as to create an overall view of how they will look. There are almost 800 pieces of glass, a couple of kilograms of solder and about 80 sticks of lead. They took a full day and a half to putty/ cement and polish. As each piece of glass is cut by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-33318460968283888282013-06-01T13:13:00.001+10:002013-06-01T13:13:16.326+10:00What has been happening in 2013?
Finally, I am back doing some glasswork. Have had to step up to the plate and work again to earn some income having not had a decent one for quite some time, band so any mirrors for art exhibitions as was the focus back in 2008/9/10 have had to be placed on hold. When the second lot of stormwater swamped us, I was in the middle of constructing a wildflowers mirror the bits andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-18451356016476867402013-02-09T18:43:00.000+11:002013-02-09T18:43:25.822+11:00New Beginning!January has passed very quickly, indicating New year is over all bar the Chinese New Year which is somewhat significant in ensuring in that my year is supposed to be a good one according to their Horoscope! Along with 1989 and 2001 which was stated years of major upheavals and which in my work was, and which were also massive changes in the world, there must be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-24732508035793103852013-02-09T16:25:00.001+11:002013-02-27T14:29:06.100+11:00 Footbridge Gerroa
20cm x 30cm Acrylic on canvas unframed: $150
" Footbridge over Crooked River"
One of the most relaxing places we have visited to admire the changing landscape is the Crooked River wherre the tiny flathead and sand whiting swim and the soldier crabs burrow their way into to the soft mud. The footbridge crosses the river and privides access to the Seven Mile beach.This painting is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-30986356117584625842012-12-14T16:16:00.000+11:002012-12-14T16:16:02.090+11:00New beginnings in 2013Yet another year has almost passed and Christmas is once again just around the corner. Each year seems increasingly more difficult to reach the ideal balance between serenity and joy of quiet celebration and completing Christmas shopping with the frantic pace of crowds and shopping malls and commercial hysteria!.
Since we have relocated to the coast there have been several Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-27955942639104579852012-12-14T16:00:00.001+11:002020-10-20T15:13:35.240+11:00Merry Christmas to All our Friends and Customers
We have now relocated to the coast where the climate is is not so extreme.. no more frosts and fogs!
Although we are renting a small villa, we plan to find some space within to operate and will be up and running in 2013 creating more artworks and glass pieces. It is likely the garage will become a work studio. While we are now residing on the coast we are able to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-49709280030374081642012-11-08T18:31:00.001+11:002012-11-08T18:35:43.443+11:00Illawarra and ShoalhavenRelocation to Illawarra and Shoalhaven Area:
We have been out of circulation for a while but we are now gradually getting organised following what has been a very trying time. After moving back into our home after 10 months of disruption in 2010 and completing the RSL navy, army and airforce memorial leadlight panels for the RSL NSW now displayed inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-35618664226475053382011-11-02T15:00:00.004+11:002012-06-02T14:07:29.804+10:00RSL Leadlight Panel
Picture 1: RSL leadlight with limited back lighting 2. Leadlight installed taken from the outside 3. Leadlight installed taken from inside.
The latest venture in the leadlight construction has been this panel approximately 1.5 metres wide built for the Lockhart RSL. It represents the Royal Australian Navy; The Australian Army and the Royal Australian Airforce. It will most Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-38679718509307656292010-11-03T16:51:00.000+11:002012-06-02T12:42:38.076+10:00Recent Paintings by Les Waring
These three works now : SOLD
Recent artworks by Les:
Man and his Dog in Rome, Seking Canal and Bridge of Verona are just three works completed in recent months. Hill End is still yet to be completed. Note: Man and his Dog in Rome,and Bridge of Verona have gone to good homes and have been sold.
Other works POA.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-77449491631588083012008-12-30T14:33:00.001+11:002011-02-28T12:47:23.948+11:00Wedding gift
Yet another wedding gift mirror has been completed for Sydney. It is made from black and clear baroque glass for the border with pink white wispy rose petals and is a wedding gift gfor my neice and new hubby. The mirror is approximately 550mm x 450mm witha simple black and speckled gold frame.Apologies are in order for the quality of the photo as the mirror looks far better in the flesh and hungUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-44463486677051137232007-09-08T12:38:00.000+10:002007-09-08T13:09:36.966+10:00Replacing a Broken Leadlight Front DoorWith a relatively quiet week spent sniffling and snuffling with some pesky respiratory ailment- perhaps hay fever (or allergy to this climate) although this is not usually an annual event for me, I have relished the small break. Could be the return of cold weather and lack of rain to clear the air! Just as spring decides to arrive, and we are lulled into believing it is warming up,the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-79130259363084941822007-08-25T12:58:00.003+10:002011-11-12T17:10:17.684+11:00Study transom for The Upper Hunter Valley
Well,the study transom and front door surround for the house restoration of our dear friends in the Hunter Valley have been completed and delivered. Despite being rained on for a week and almost blown to Fraser Island in the storms which ravaged the coast from Northern NSW to SE Qld we stayed dry. While it has brought much needed rain to the area, for some , the damage by the wind and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-20924275810725763652007-07-28T13:22:00.000+10:002023-09-30T12:14:58.220+10:00Dove for a new Queensland residenceThe first octagonal window I have ever built turned out to be less difficult than first thought and actually easier to build than a circular porthole window. It did require a little mathematical application however -a search to find the protractor and a recall of some basic geometry!The colours seem to work well, with the blues contrasting the ambers representing the sun. Originally it was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-14158494985132735302007-07-19T11:29:00.001+10:002011-02-28T12:58:23.926+11:00Progress on the Hunter Valley job
Despite the cold weather I have been able to complete the sidelights and transom in the front door surround for clients in the Upper Hunter. The sun came out and a stiff breeze sprang up prior early this week before the freezing cold snap and so it was all stations on to putty the five pieces before the clouds brought rain ( and snow to some parts not far from us). A real race against time and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-47890707733700051942007-07-07T14:24:00.000+10:002023-09-30T12:05:11.448+10:00Hunter Valley LeadlightsTransom for Hunter Valley front door surround. Designed by Riverina Leadlight & Fine Art. All works copyright.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5385786631784074320.post-10557619413976739322007-04-26T13:28:00.001+10:002011-02-28T13:01:20.691+11:00Riverina Leadlight & Fine ArtRiverina Leadlight and Fine Art ( riverinaleadlight.com.au) commenced operation in 1988 while I was workinf for the department of education and was asked to fix a couple of broken panels. We provide a range of authentic leadlight panels, mirrors, artworks, insurance repairs, restoration and leadlight supplies for hobbyists throughout the Riverina, NSW and North Eastern Victoria.
We also Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0