Roger Dale Artist's Biography

 Dale Studios recently moved from Tucson, Arizona to Southern Colorado, outside of Durango, and a stone's throw away from the quiet little town of Ignacio.  Here we have created one of our largest pieces of art, our new glass studio.  In our 1800 square foot state of the art glass studio/work shop overlooking our 22 acres and the La Plata Mountains, life is large and peaceful.  We fired up the studio in February 2001 after 10 months of construction. 
When life is not so full of change, white water boating along with other extreme sports feed inspiration into our creative process.  Working for Grand Canyon Dories and O.A.R.S., as guides in the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River allows us to absorb the strength and beauty of this natural wonder, which is then transformed into brilliantly-stated art forms. If you'd like to learn more about us as guides, check out the O.A.R.S. link page.

  Artist’s Statement

Art is the reflection of one’s personality and life experiences.  My ideas and motivational forces stem from my optimism, love of life, and my experiences over the last 24 years as a wilderness guide in the Grand Canyon.  I like to work hard and play harder. I like rock climbing, kayaking and back country skiing, These sports stimulate ideas and generate energy which I channel into my glass work.

My Mardi Gras series, involves a series of hot-cast glass wall reliefs. The casting consists of numerous panels which I hot cast separately then assemble to create a dynamic and active wall sculpture. Hot casting glass is the process of gathering or ladling hot molten glass from the furnace and poring the liquid glass into molds. In each hot cast panel there lays hundreds of complex colored glass bits which I have produced.

 My newest blown work, The Saturn Bowl Series and Elegant Bowls, expresses my love for bright colors and clean forms.  I find that I am more interested in the lines of a piece and how ones' eyes flow over it than the designs on the surface. Form over function,  I have always said.

Bachelor of Arts degree: Studio Art; Glass
California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California

 Associate of Arts degree: Major, Art
 Riverside Community College, Riverside, California

Employment

Glass Artist: self-employed
Dale Studios Tucson, Arizona

Wilderness Guide: Professional River Guide
Grand Canyon Dories, Flagstaff, Arizona

Ceramics Instructor: Experimental College
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Outdoor Educator: Outdoor Recreation Center
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Graphic Artist: A to Z Printing Company
Riverside, California

Selected Exhibitions

 Water in Their Veins: Comb Ridge Co. Bluff, UT.

Featured Artist: Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR.

Glass Exhibition: Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona

Arizona Glass Invitational: Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona

National Invitational Glass Exhibition: California State University
San Bernardino San Bernardino, California 

Gallery Representations

Freed Gallery: Lincoln City, Oregon    

Philabaum Gallery: Tucson, Arizona

Phoenix Rising: Seattle, Washington

Raku Gallery: Jerome, Arizona

Cobalt Fine Arts: Tubac, Arizona

Glass House 383: Memphis, Tennessee