NAPLES, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A new art installation in Naples is turning heads, not just for how it looks, but what it\u2019s made of.<\/p>\n
Inside the Bayshore Gallery, visitors stopped in their tracks when they came face to face with \u201cResonance,\u201d a massive glass mosaic that, at first glance, looks like a painting. But a closer look reveals something much more intricate\u2014every color and detail is made entirely from hand-cut pieces of glass.<\/p>\n
The piece creates an underwater scene filled with sea life\u2014from sharks to sea turtles\u2014layered to give it depth and movement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a photograph, it\u2019s not a painting,\u201d said Paul Harbey, curator and part-owner of the Bayshore Gallery. \u201cThis is what I would consider a masterpiece, a 21st-century masterpiece in glass.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Harbey, the piece took about a year and a half to complete, with three people working almost nonstop to bring it to life. Each piece of glass was carefully cut and placed to build the final image, creating a layered effect that changes depending on how you look at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more you look at it, the more it changes,\u201d Harbey said.<\/p>\n
But before making its way to Naples, Resonance spent years out of sight.<\/p>\n
After winning a prestigious glass exhibition, the piece was placed in storage for nearly a decade because of its size, weight, and the difficulty of displaying it. Harbey says once he discovered it, he made it his mission to track it down and bring it to the gallery.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just couldn\u2019t stand the idea that something this phenomenal was locked away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Now, the artwork is on display at the Bayshore Gallery for the public to experience\u2014something gallery owner Diane Sullivan says is rare.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a chance of a lifetime,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cThe fact that we were able to get this piece, it\u2019s really special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sullivan says the piece fits right into the growing creative culture of the Bayshore area, which she describes as a community built around art and connection.<\/p>\n
\u201cBayshore is all about creativity and community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For visitors, though, the biggest takeaway is something simpler\u2014the experience of seeing it in person.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to see it in person,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cIt really does touch you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The piece will be on display at the Bayshore Gallery for at least a month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NAPLES, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 A new art installation in Naples is turning heads, not just for how it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,264208,229,88,13504],"class_list":{"0":"post-608060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-bayshore-gallery","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-naples"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}