The studio's artistic purpose gradually expanded to include repair and restoration of old stained glass windows. Over the years, working with these 100+ year old windows, the longtime exposure to the ancient craft deepened respect to reverence for the skills and sensitivity with which they were created. After 16 years of restoring old stained glass windows, as well as creating specific commissioned work for many people in the Pittsburgh area and surrounding areas, I decided to turn my focus almost exclusively to restoring antique windows for the purpose of reselling them to people who would enjoy and cherish them the same way I do.  I hope that the windows end up with a "good home", meaning that I hope they are placed where they can be appreciated with the same vitality with which they were created.

  These windows need to be preserved as an enduring legacy of American culture. Considering how brief a timeline America has occupied the planet as a cultural entity, there aren't thousands of years of historical artifacts to choose from, as there are in older cultures. There's only about 165 years of American stained glass art, and the aesthetic sensitivity that produced these beautiful windows has already declined into what we see of the craft today; quickly and poorly made mass produced objects, which bear no stamp of the pride or personality of their maker. True, there are a few diehard artists who are still willing to put their best efforts into creating a carefully considered,  harmonious visual statement. But, sadly the talents of these artists are usually forced into oblivion, by the necessity of making a viable living wage. The lack of funding for real artists is a sad commentary on our declining civilization. It has been said that the true measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. Today's artists must be included in that group as a revered and protected species, otherwise they will become extinct.