Glass Transformed
Celia Pearson Photographs

Sea glass has continued to demand the attention of photographer Celia Pearson since she was commissioned to photograph for the book Pure SEA GLASS by Richard LaMotte (Sea Glass Publishing, 2004). The prints in this exhibit are some of the best examples of the artist’s current body of work on this subject.

Kirk Nelson, Executive Director of The New Bedford Museum of Glass, says of her work, “Ms. Pearson’s images…transcend the subject of sea glass. Through her sensitivity to the color, shape and surface texture of the glass, her mastery of lighting and her eye for graphic composition, Pearson creates images that read as works of abstract art on many levels.”

Nancy LaMotte began working with jewelry in 1978 in Westchester, New York. She graduated from Boston University's School for the Arts in 1986 and moved to Chestertown in 1990. Together with her husband and two children she spends time along the shores of the Chesapeake collecting sea glass before retreating to her studio, often inspired by the day's catch.

Each piece is engraved with a special Chesapeake Seaglass insignia to personally guarantee the entire product has been made with genuine glass gems that were hand picked from the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.