K Dahl Glass Studios

K Dahl Glass offers distinctive design in art glass and fine art. We create inspiring solutions to our clients’ practical needs by providing unique glass for custom lighting, interior and exterior fused glass wall tile, architectural glass for doors and windows, fused and cast glass paintings for the wall, and offer fine art pastel and oil paintings. We have an unrivaled combination of professional experience in glass, bronze, metal leaf, oil and pastel that enables us to transform concepts into lasting tangible form. As a husband and wife team we strive to provide our clients with distinctive art they will love and be inspired by. Using the interplay of light we create pieces that embrace you in color. Kathy combines her talents as a nationally recognized artist in pastel and oil with 30 years experience as a glass artist, while Rick, a master glass artist of 20 years, directs the technical aspects of each project. Our heirloom-quality commissions in glass, bronze and fine art allow our clients to realize their dreams. We create a vast array of products to fit any style. Together we can bring your dreams to life.

Background
Kathy has flourished as an artist since 1980 when she moved to Alaska to start her own glass studio after an apprenticeship in stained glass with Mary Matchell of Crystal Glass Studios in Carbondale, CO. In Alaska she designed and completed many Public Art projects, as well as glass commissions for numerous religious buildings and private homes. She moved to Sweden for a year of glass study in the small village of Transjo, in the heart of the Glass Kingdom. Kathy and her husband Rick started a hot glass blowing studio in Crawford Colorado in 1992. Kathy opened an art school to teach realistic drawing skills to children 4 years old and up from 2001 through 2006. Seeking a simpler life the couple sold the hot glass studio and the art school in 2006.

Rick, a master glass blower of 20 years, loves to bring people into his world of glass making. He is great at making people feel comfortable while handling 2000 degree molten glass on the end of a blow pipe. Rick has an intimate understanding of glass and it’s properties, whether molten, semi-molten or solid and can impart his knowledge in a most dynamic and affable way. His humor and wit is contagious.

Rick and Kathy continue to work in art glass for designers and metal fabricators around the country specializing in custom glass lighting, glass tile, and fused glass for door and window panels. Kathy paints in oil, pastel and in the medium of kiln formed glass.

Exhibitions and Awards
2011 Mile High International Juried Show, Pastel Society of Colorado
2011 Pastel 100 Competition, Honorable Mention, Still Life
2010 Artist-in-Residency, Aspen Guard Station, Durango, CO
2010 Mile High International, Pastel Society of Colorado
2010 Pastel 100 Competition, 2nd Place Still Life
Black Canyon Art Exhibit, 2010, Best of Show & 1st place
Mile High National Show, Pastel Society of Colorado, juried, 2007, 2009
Pastel Society of Colorado, Pastel Award Montrose Visual Arts, 2007
Paint Paonia Plein Air, 2008 1st place, 2009 2nd place
Wyoming Plein Air 2009, People’s Choice Award, & 2nd Place Quick Draw

Study
Oil & Pastel—Ramon Kelley Workshop, Sante Fe NM 2005
Oil & Pastel—Jeanne MacKenzie Workshop Montrose, CO 2006
Glass—Roger Thomas glass painting, Los Angeles, CA 2007
Glass—Michael Dupille, kiln formed glass, Seattle, WA 2009
Pastel—Kim Lordier, Denver, CO 2010
Pastel—Marla Baggetta, Denver, CO 2011

Professional Affiliations
Glass Art Society
Pastel Society of Colorado
Plein Air Artists of Colorado
 
Publications
Pastel Journal (April 2010)
The Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art (20)
Fabricator Magazine (May-June 1998)
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles (October 1996)
Architectural Digest (September 1994)