“Glimmer” Jenn Shifflet

Emeryville, CA - In Glimmer, a solo exhibition at Bullseye’s Resource Center Bay Area, Jenn Shifflet’s kiln-glass panels demonstrate a painterly approach by way of delicate color transitions and hazy gradients while simultaneously providing a site for contemplation and reflection.

Deftly using powdered glass, frit balls, and reverse-painted glazes on panels and mirror, Shifflet creates horizontal expanses of color that gently shift from one hue to another.  While the surfaces of some works are sheathed in diminutive glass globules and spheres reminiscent of dewdrops or star clusters, others such as Opaline Blue Drift employ frit balls sparingly to create patterning in particular areas. The effect in both cases is one that invites the interaction of light and responds with shimmering refraction.

The ephemeral, dreamlike quality of Shifflet’s work is suggestive of the fleeting nature of time and existence. The artist describes her interest in creating, “… a visual language that points to how the beauty of life is held within a profound fragility of impermanence.”  Through her current body of work, Shifflet directs awareness precisely to that liminal state.

Words and images via Bullseye Project