Our Beach

About Our Beach

This hand-blown glass, modern, indoor sculpture was created by artist John Paul Robinson. Light shines through and reflects off the surface of the graceful wave-like form of this tabletop sculpture. Two translucent hollow spirals of turquoise-colored glass are intertwined in a lyrical pattern that suggests waves of water.
Often inspired by nature, Robinson’s superb glass work also references or symbolizes the world of science as we grapple to understand its complexity.

“I’m a firm believer in not visualizing a piece fully before you make it. In the first place, it’s going to look too contrived and in the second place, you can’t make the piece do something that it doesn’t want to do. It’s going to tell you, ‘Hey, that’s not the way I want to go!” John Paul Robinson

John Paul Robinson was educated at the Georgian College of Arts and Technology and the Ontario College of Art where he later taught for several years. Robinson is a Fellow of The Creative Glass Center of America, a recipient of the Joan Chalmers Glass Award, and has twice received the Best Glass Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Robinson has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto, Palm Beach, Quebec City, and Chicago. His works are in corporate, private, and public collections throughout North America including the Canadian Museum of History, the Musée des Beaux-arts, Montreal, and the Museum of American Glass, New Jersey.

Robinson is represented exclusively by Oeno Gallery.