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Alex Kingswell

Let the Light in

Updated: Feb 25, 2023


Let the Light in

© Alexandra Kingswell, 2022


Our challenge: Doors, Windows and Portals


I always begin with my colours. And a vague idea of how I want my piece to feel. What colours will express that?


One of my passions is European Medieval architecture. Cathedrals. This is partly because I love their windows.


Windows full of coloured glass.



Glass that lets light in and lets you see out.


Glass that scatters its light, like confetti, on nearby surfaces.

I like old glass - glass that has discolouration and signs of age.


I like new glass - glass that is bright, shiny and clear.




Stained glass windows are usually rich and intense - I choose saturated colours.

And I develop a layout that is suggestive of leaded lights. My preferred process - piecing - is appropriate.


This work will have some of the clean clear feel of new glass, mixed with a feeling of age.







Let the Light in

© Alexandra Kingswell, 2022

32inches x 25inches


alex@alexandra-kingswell.co.uk






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jm.himsl
May 24, 2022

The way you’ve pieced the blocks of colour between each leaded area makes the full image appear to have been run through a filter on an app. It wasn’t till I read your post that I realized this is how it looks IRL. very interesting

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