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STANLEY LIVINGSTON
Stanley Livingston is a well know and respected Los Angeles area glass Artist. Mr. Livingston's Art Glass creations are owned and collected
by many prominent Hollywood Celebrities.
A celebrity in his own right, Mr. Livingston is also know to millions
of TV views as “CHIP” from the enduring TV Series, MY THREE SONS. With a twelve year long prime-time run, My Three Sons became the second-longest running situation comedy in television
history. The show originally aired from 1960 through 1972. The Series immediately went into daytime syndication. My Three
Sons helped launch the Nickelodeon Network in 1985, the TV Land Network in 1995 and has been seen on the Hallmark Network,
The Odyssey Channel, The Family Channel and The Family Net. My Three Sons celebrates its 50th year on television on
September 29th, 2010!
During the long hours of filming of My Three Sons, Mr. Livingston discovered and developed
his other artistic talent – drawing and painting. Mr. Livingston is an accomplished artist in all mediums – including
oil paints, watercolor, acrylic and pastel. Intrigued by light and color, Mr. Livingston began to experiment with light,
glass and glass staining mediums around 1980. He subsequently made Art Glass his specialty. In the past 24 years, Mr. Livingston
has completed more than 1000 commissioned pieces of artwork.
Still involved in the Televisions and Motion Picture
Industries, Mr. Livingston’s production company, FIRST TEAM PRODUCTIONS produced the feature film, "CHECKERS". Mr. Livingston recently completed directing all twenty episodes of a new Children’s TV Series slated for airing
on PBS stations. Additionally, Mr. Livingston completed a pair of landmark Educational Documentaries for THE ACTOR'S JOURNEY PROJECT. The "THE ACTOR'S JOURNEY and "THE ACTOR'S JOURNEY for KIDS" are now available and are changing
the lives of new talent just starting out in the industry by giving them a complete overview and understanding of the entertainment
industry - and the BUSINESS and CAREER DEVELOPMENT SKILLS that enable actors to launch, advance and sustain professional careers
in today's complex and competitive entertainment industry. 100 distinguished
actors and industry veterans stepped up for Mr. Livingston (who produced and directed both documentaries) and appear in this
amazing and much needed educational piece for actors and performers. Over 35 of these highly experienced professionals
have been nominated for, or won, Academy, Emmy and Golden Globe awards. No longer does the "Business" side
of launching and sustaining a career in the entertainment industry have to be a mystery to new talent.
In
between production duties, Mr. Livingston still finds time to dabble in the Arts.
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STAINED
GLASS encompasses many forms and techniques. What most people refer to generically as “stained glass” is usually CUT and LEADED
GLASS and sometimes COPPER FOIL technique. However, there are many other stained-glass techniques – such as glass fired onto
or fused to other glass. There are other techniques where specialized enamels or acrylic colors are fired directly onto the
glass to delineate form and color. There are photographic processes whereby images are photo-flashed onto glass (usually used
put human faces onto glass). Some stained-glass Artisans combine some or all of the above techniques. I am one of those!
My
ART GLASS encompasses fusing hand-mixed acrylic colors and dyes onto a base of clear quarter-inch plate glass (or tempered
glass - if required). I sometimes fuse other pieces and types of glass - as well as glass eye catchers, glass jewels, glass
bevels, ornate copper and brass filigree to the Base Plate - depending on the effect I am trying to achieve with my subject
matter. This technique allows me complete control over my colors as well as the flexibility to achieve the intricate detail
only possible in copper foil technique.
Since the Artwork is created on one side of the glass base plate (the obverse
side) - the back (or inverse side) is smooth and completely weatherproof if installed in an exterior window or door. Additionally,
the 1/4" thick base plate is structurally very solid. By contrast, Cut and Leaded Glass technique tends to deteriorate and
weaken with age - the lead came gets soft and the weight of the glass causes the window to bow out, the pieces of glass to
crack, or in a worse case scenario - the whole window simply falls apart.
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