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Top three pieces speak to
artists’ unique style

- Ge Gilroys have worked on
and created many works
over the years, but there are

three pieces that have stood out to

them over the course of their career
here in Vancouver.

“Resurrection”

‘This nearly 300 sq. ft. piece took
roughly one year to create and fill the
east window of St.John the Apostle
Parish church in Kerrisdale, Vancou-
ver. They also completed sets of aisle
windows for the church. "What
you're looking for is someone to say

‘that’s a Gilroy Window’," John said.

“Shaughnessy Entryway”

Commission work for Gilroy
Glass presents the artists with an
exciting challenge. “It’s a literal and
metaphorical puzzle,” Laura said.
They are always designing, piece by
piece, for each job.

“Each piece that we do is entirely
unique, influenced by the location,
the size of the window, the light
source,” she added.

“Your style is what you intro-
duce into the painting so it can look
very different from say Victorian or
Medieval," John said.

This particular Gilroy is a three

piece doorway, with three and a
half sq. ft. pane in the center with
two four to five sq. ft. side panels. It
speaks to the longevity and honours
the Chinese culture of the client.

“Flower of Life”

When “what you'r really looking
for is to keep on improving what you
do,” John said. “No two days are the
same.”

The details in this piece, of seasonal
constellations and symbolic flora
and fauna, were created for exhibi-
tion with a mind to what the artists
would put in their own home.

Left: "Flower of Life" abstract created for the
Gilroy's personal use.

Right: John Gilroy holds the historic lime
chalk used for drawing on the glass.

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