Art Glass by David Garcia

From 1978-1980, while working on his landscape architecture degree at Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, Garcia became interested in glass - both hot and cold - and studied stained glass under Paul Dufour. Upon returning to San Francisco in 1981, Garcia resumed his glass studies at San Francisco State University with John Leighton and, in 1982, briefly studied hot glass at the California College of Arts and Crafts under the tutelage of Marvin Lipofsky. In 1983, however, Garcia abandoned academia and began working independently out of Shaun Weisbach's studio and, in 1987, built his own hot glass shop. Today his work can be found in collections, galleries, and fine arts museum shops throughout the United States and Canada.