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“Glass For Good” is The Shard Shop’s community outreach program designed to aid local organizations in their fundraising efforts.  We invite you and your team to host an event at our shop and we will donate a percentage of the event sales to your organization.

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From our gallery in Grayton Beach to all of you…we wish you a Thanksgiving full of peace and kindness..and a Merry Christmas full of pure love.

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This is one of a pair of art pieces that I’ve had in my gallery for a while.  I had a streak of selling a lot of gold abstracts and created many of them. But these are the last two!  But, I was sick of looking at them!! So, for whatever reason, I decided to give them a new look!

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Look out ART WORLD!  There’s a new artist growing nearby.  She is beautiful, talented, spirited, and she, like me, has that deep NEED to create.

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Meet Kristie! She’s the chief-of-all-things important at my Shard Shop empire!  We’re pictured here at an event at The Henderson Resort in Destin FL.

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This picture is a throwback!  Sweet memories of many beginnings.  I see two beautiful children with a safe and loving life ahead of them. 

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John Hong, 58, of Destin, FL, passed away at his home Monday, September 16, 2019, surrounded by his family after a long cancer journey.  John was born in Dobb’s Ferry, NY, on December 20, 1960 and grew up in New Jersey and Orlando, FL.  John was preceded in death in 2004 by his father Theodore Chin Hong and in 2012 by his mother Seouhee “Sue”...

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Gosh…here I go! This is a blog post that’s been in my head for two years now.  I’ve written it in my head, expressed it all. I run through the sentiments almost daily.  I’ve never, ever had the chance to peck it out.

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I wish I had “Before” pictures of these. The bottom was an old crate. I have a few artist friends that drop off these old, thin crates that have been beaten and stickered and have served their purpose. But hey..they’re flat, sturdy and have an edge. Perfect for ART!

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Summer fun, for me, means non-stop painting. You know it’s bad when my art migrates over to the ping-pong table.

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It’s still summer!  There isn’t much of it left.  I’ve been painting over-sized masterpieces all summer long and finally paused long enough to create these little fishies! 

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I think I know where that term came from….”Christmas in July!” It means, get to work making art for Christmas!

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