Judy Wisdom & Shadow

Having participated in Renaissance Festivals as an award winning stained glass artist of

25 years, I was commissioned to create a 6 x 8 foot wedding chapel window for the

Colorado Renaissance Festival.

At first a traditional Celtic cross was thought to be the appropriate design. Realizing that

people of all faiths would be exchanging their vows there. I wanted all to feel welcome.

So in the true spirit of Renaissance romance I suggested the theme of a trellis with

grapes and roses and hanging in the center from ribbons - beautiful period

musical instruments. At the peak of the window was the perfect space to place

the sun and the moon joined together.

The ancient symbol for the masculine and the feminine.

Offering Kaleidoscopes, castle boxes, jeweled dragonflies and stained glass windows.

A beautiful handmade book was kept on the counter in which people would write their

dream of a window to be made and their contact information. It kept me busy through

out the year and I was able to revisit the wonderful people I had met such as Kim and

Roger Ward who commissioned me to create a 12ʼ Victorian conservatory ceiling for the

Estemere Estate in Palmer Lake Colorado.

My two daughters were afforded a life rich in love, laughter and the arts. With great

freedom and friends. Bronwyn worked as a page for the Jousters and they loved her

as if she were their little sister. Sobryan was the youngest paid actress in the shire as

the beloved and mischievous fairy ʻSassafrasʼ who only spoke with children. Their

father was ʻGood King Henryʼ and I was the stained glass artist who was the mother of

the kingʼs children.

And now I have a new life as the gypsy artist who lives in Hulaville with her beautiful

wolfka Shadow.

A new chapter begins....

Marrakech

Tropical Butterfly Transom

Lanikai Mermaid

Artist’s Statement ~

Imagine a beautiful creation of stained glass....  One that inspires you each time you see the light streaming through it, with pools of color spilling across your floor....

Stained glass windows create a beauty of light spectrum that nothing else compares to.  Your beautiful piece of art....  will become a family treasure for generations to come....

For over thirty years, my artist’s heart has found it’s expression in the creation of stained glass art for homes, workspaces and places of worship.

All it takes is a great poem, beautiful song lyrics or simply an amazing story and I’m in the studio again - passionate to bring together colored glass and copper, giving them new form and purpose.

I am an artist in the truest sense, stirred by the exquisite beauty of nature itself, touched by each unique sunset in my home, here in Hawaii to design a masterpiece.