"Leader of His Herd"Photographer, Candace Coker came out to my property and took some pictures of my glass art. Glass is a tricky medium to photograph and she did an outstanding in capturing the strength of this design and it's color. Check out more of her work at: http://www.candacecoker.com/
"Leader of His Herd" $3200.00 If you can find his eye right underneath his horn - it will give you a prospective of his entire shape. I have always been drawn to the buffalo. They are considered a “power or totem animal” which represent sacredness, life, and abundance. Buffalo signals a moment to reconnect with the meaning of life and the value of peace, to praise the gifts you already have, and to recognize and honor the sacredness in all paths, though they may be different than yours. This represents my own values from which my life is building upon.
More displays up front. In the window were individual feathers I created for the show. They only sold for $30-$40 dollars each. Several sold the night of the show. They are still for sale and can be shipped easily.
I tied each one with leather - put a special message about the meaning of the symbol of a feather and then hung them from a pair of horse harnesses.
Eagle feathers are gifts from the Creator. The Eagle soars the highest and has the greatest vision. Eagle feathers are used in ceremonies to connect people to their own visions and their higher protective spirits. Traditional dancers use Eagle feathers to show their connection to the spirits. The feather is light but strong. It reminds us to carry only what we need.
Gloria Trotter who is the editor for the Tecumseh County Wide newspaper ran this ad to promote the show. Thank you Gloria!!!
This is the Bed & Breakfast I stayed in while my show was occuring. Johnita Turner owns and manages the Willow Way Bed and Breakfast in Oklahoma City. She admires glass art herself and has been a wonderful supportor of my glass work. 
I took this picture from inside a gazebo near her front lawn. I sat there and relaxed while the wind blew through the trees and I could hear the birds chirp. It is a beautiful peaceful place located at 27 Oakwood in Oklahoma City. Even though it is located near the the hustle and bustle of the city - you would not know it when you stayed there.
These are more family relatives that came to say hello and support the arts. Kelly's daughter Lesley, Brian, myself, Jesi, and their baby girl Isabelle. Thank you for coming!!!! It was so good to see them there.
I just recently reconnected with Terry. He and I danced and sang together in the follies years ago. It was a community wide event that raised money to help rennovate the historic Sooner Theatre in Norman, Oklahoma. He is still as crazy and fun loving as ever.
What a motley crew!!! We got together after the show. I think we were all tired...but we had fun! Left to right: Debbie, Cynthia, Gayle, myself, and Jim. All of us participated in the artwalk this month by giving art shows ourselves. It felt good to sit down as we all had been standing for hours, accepting guests into the show and having conversations with people all night long about the great art that we had on display.
Smiling - smiling - smiling...Linda and David!!!
This is my cousin Kelly and her husband Herb. They drove all the way up from Maud, Oklahoma to see the glass art. It meant a whole lot to me that they were there. Kelly's entire family came together - WOW!!!
This is my friend Donna - she has supported my art for about as along as I have known her. She and I have had lots of fun together. She calls me Felix and I call her Oscar...yeah - we DO have fun together!!!! She really can get me to cracking up about things...and it feels so good to laugh.
Another collection of feathers hanging from a cow muzzle. Feathers symbolize truth, speed, lightness, flight and ascension. "Feathers" $350.00 
"Pawnee Belle" $550.00
I picked out these cool colors of purple, mauve, pink, marbled black glass and turquoise. They are hanging from a small calf muzzle. In this show I combined my glass art with pieces of rustic iron, horse harnesses, cow muzzles, and brands. This piece is called "Feathers" and costs $250.00
This piece was displayed near the front of the gallery. It has already been sold. The picture is called "Oklahoma in February". As I drove around here where I live during that month, those were the only colors I saw. Now its April, and the spring colors are everywhere.
The close up of an abstract Indian Feather was fun to create. It sold during the night of the show. The silver pieces were antique bottle caps. It will look even more bright with the some light set behind the glass.
This piece is called: "Nektosha"...(pronounced neck-doe-shah) which means "horse" in Pottawatomi. It sells for $250.00. It is covered with crystal lavender and blue beads.
This is my close friend Linda with her husband David and myself. It was so neat to see them out and having fun. I wanted to get some fresh cut flowers for my show but ran out of time. Later that night during the show Linda walks in with a vase a fresh cut tulips. They were beautiful. Sometimes if you just wait...what you need will come your way. Thank you Linda!
This is me acting goofy with my "other daughter". Her name is Mary...yes she has a real mom - but she and my only "real" daughter are very special creative girls...so I "play" adopted her. She seemed to enjoy the show and all of the art there in Paseo that night.
One small table in my show. You can see the art cards there and material about the pieces of glass art. You can also see the two lamps I made. The lamp on the left is called "Western Sparkler" and the one on the right is called "Golden Wheat Lamp". The inspiration for this piece came from the golden wheat fields in Oklahoma. It has three geodes in it, broken pieces of an antique cup, gold stars, and amber glass gems. The top handle comes from the cup I broke to create it.
This is me with my two daughter!!! My "real" one - Ryan and my "play" one - Mary. 
Abstract Eagle Feathers – created by Jennifer Lynn Farrar. 
A few more weeks and my "Spirit of the West" Glass Art show will be here. It is scheduled on the first Friday of April - which is April 3rd. This photo taken with lights off and with a flash.
Titles of these works are: Osage Warrior - Medicine Man - Pawnee Belle. (My dad helped me with these names). 
She is so awesome - I don't want to sell her....thank you for taking the time to look at all of my hard work. She was worth it! Her name is "Pawnee Belle". She is 21 1/2 inches tall and 15 1/2 inches wide.
Starting to put the pieces together with solder and flux.
Pieces covered with copper foiling. This is the beginning as I had much more cutting of glass to complete her design.
Just laying out the cut pieces, experimenting as to where each piece should go, where I wanted her to go.
Eyes came last. See the copper chain in her blue scarf around her neck?
These pictures show many different phases of this piece. She had many expressions throughout, but I saw her strength and beauty everytime I worked on her and strived to bring it out. 
Since this picture was taken I have added colors of glass gems. I also intend to use my glass etcher and will be etching some Native American designs in the glass.
I started with these cut designs.
Do you know how hard it is to cut a small pair of lips out of glass without cracking her whole face????? There is still work to be done. She needs shadowing on her hat. The turquoise glass came from a sculpted glass piece, and it represents her scarf around her neck. The tan colored glass is the leather fringe on her jacket. Old bottle caps, and Indian Head Nickel button covers will be used to accent. She still has a long way to go before I am done, but I like the direction I am going with this design. She will also be in my show.
I started with this sketch.
Lots of cool designs for my "Spirit of the West" gallery showing in April of 09.
All the pieces I have created so far. I am working on a female cowgirl as you can see from the blog entries. She will be added to this collection. Once they have light behind them, the colors will come alive.
Simple glass cut design to show Oklahoma landscape in February.
My Native American piece along side my Oklahoma landscape design.
Everywhere I looked in the month of February I saw the wheat fields. The trees had no leaves, so they looked grey, but the sky remains a beautiful blue. This will also be for sale in my show.
I started with this rough sketch.
The buffalo has already been listed on my blog...but it shows my Native American glass design in the window with the sunlight behind it.
The finished product.
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