Lee Harris

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As I have been sculpting hot glass for over a decade, I have realized how fortunate I am.  As my friend, the American Glass Master Charles Lotton told my wife "your husband has the passion and gift to work in hot glass".  I share a reverence & respect for this special medium and feel I am just beginning  to understand it.  Though  my love of art began at an early age, it was put on hold, as I pursued a livelihood in business.  At the same time, I was always spending whatever time I could, surrounded by art & artists & nature, never getting enough.  Because of my unconventional art training, I consider myself truly an "outsider artist", neither guided  or directed by the whims or trends of the art world.  I am inspired simply by nature & my life experiences.  I consider my work a positive reaction & reflection of that natural world.  I feel that Renoir said it best "the world can be so ugly, it is my pursuit to create the most beautiful art possible".
Having the passion of working in a permanent & what I consider, sacred medium of glass, mandates my desire to make the best work I can.
This medium is immortal, in having no shelf life...as 5,000 year old glass Egyptian works of art illustrate! 
I hope you enjoy the diversity & passion I put into my work.
From my breath, this inanimate object takes it's own life!