The Great West Window is completed! The entire 700 square foot window at First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton, Alberta was completely restored within 15 months and installed within 6 weeks. Way to go John and Warren! I will post more photos and details after we have a little break…. Laura

I’ve just got back from visiting the project at First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton. It was great to see how John and Warren are getting on; so far the 18 top traceries are just about completed, which has  involved a lot of finessing, but it looks fantastic. I like this photo because it shows just how […]

This is an exciting week for us! In a couple of days John and Warren will be heading off to Alberta to install the restoration project that we have been working on for over a year. Some of you may remember when I blogged about the removal of this window back in May last year […]

                                      We are always intrigued when clients come to us with unique commissions. We especially love to create family crests which we know will be in the family well into the future. Here are two stories about […]

  St. Cecilia is one of the most famous Roman martyrs. It is believed that she had pledged a vow of virginity but was then forced to marry a Roman nobleman named Valerian, by her parents. At her wedding, she sat apart and sang to God in her heart and for this she was named […]

The theme of Creation lends itself beautifully to the commissioning of legacy stained glass artwork, with a rich source of flowing shape and colour to depict in this custom project. Our client had a wonderful vision in mind to honour the memory of his loving wife who had passed away due to cancer. She had […]

                        All done! Our first project for mainland China will be shipped off next week. We’ve really enjoyed creating these windows which were inspired by an approximately 100 year old window in the BC Legislature building in Victoria. Our client visited there and enjoyed […]

  Johannes Vermeer was an acclaimed 17th century Dutch painter who specialized in home interiors and domestic life, featuring such standstill images as a woman pouring from a vase, or afternoon flowers on the table. The warmth and texture endeared his work the world over and is commonly recognized. This particular project was created for […]

  We were contacted by the owners of a beautiful Shaughnessy home to create a feature piece in a wall cabinet. They were renovating the kitchen and wanted to add a special focal point for extra zeal. When we measured the cabinet, we were surprised to find that it was eight panels and would be […]

Great article in the BC Catholic, about the new Chapel in the John Paul II Pastoral Centre, Vancouver.

Saint Brendan is now installed in his rightful place among the clerestory windows at St. Mary’s Anglican Church here in Vancouver. This was a lovely project to work on, not only because John enjoyed depicting an Irish saint, but because all of the Celtic lands were represented. The benefactor and her husband are from Scottish […]

We were recently invited for a second time by the Sacred Arts Guild here in Vancouver to talk about stained glass. This time we decided to discuss restoration and how to replicate a badly damaged piece. Painting in the style of another artist is one way to practice and hone glass painting skills. When we […]

We’re this week’s Featured Artists on Artsy Shark! Here’s the link to the article: http://www.artsyshark.com/2015/02/06/featured-artists-john-and-laura-gilroy/  

We’ll be installing our St. Simon Peter window this week at St. Mary’s Kerrisdale, providing the weather holds. These clerestory windows pack a lot of detail into a small space, but it was fun to depict Simon Peter as the fisherman he was, in the act of hauling in nets, using a little muscle to […]

We thought you may be interested in seeing a copy of our interview in Sotheby’s In Residence (Dubai) magazine, the article is on pages 10-11 on the link below. http://www.hotmediapublishing.com/our-work/contract-magazines/sotheby-s-in-residence John is currently in Dubai and apparently the humidity is unbelievable. He’s missing the temperate Vancouver weather, even the rain!  

The St. Kateri and St. John Vianney windows have been installed at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kamloops, BC. I couldn’t get a great shot of the overall windows, as the presbytery building behind caused the photos to be too dark in the lower half and then bleached out by the sunlight in the top half whenever […]

I have just realized that I didn’t yet post a photo of our completed St. Matthew window; we showed you the cartoon and trace line stage but not the end result! We’re happily working on several new clerestory windows for St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Kerrisdale; St. Matthew is the 10th to be installed. We […]

We’re nearing the end of painting our Vermeer window; our interpretation of the painting “The Glass of Wine” for the lobby of the Vermeer on Fourth. Painting figures; detailed faces, hands and drapery takes time, patience and perseverance. Our painting style is precise and decorative, but more importantly it allows light to penetrate even the darkest […]

On Wednesday we installed the three panels into the new entrance door at St. Agnes’ Anglican Church in North Vancouver. It was great to see them all in position, viewed as they were designed to be seen, leading the eye around the area and giving the impression of a much larger window. The colour and […]

In stained glass the paint is applied over the glass using a sable matting brush and then smoothed and stippled with a badger haired brush. Highlights and semi-tones are achieved by the gradual removal of the paint once it has been allowed to dry. Painting technique and depth of tone and shape should optimize the […]