Strive for peace

Strive for Peace

Fused Glass, 8x10 inches

In this luminous 8x10 fused glass composition, a woman stretches upward through a sky alive with swirling blues and drifting clouds. Her dress flows behind her in layered greens and creams, while strands of glass form wind-tossed hair adorned with small, bright flowers. Above her, radiant golden light pours across the sky, where a delicate white dove glides just beyond her fingertips.

The dove, long a symbol of peace, hovers within sight yet slightly out of reach. The distance is small but meaningful. It speaks to the human condition: the constant reaching toward something better, something gentler than the world we often inhabit.

“Strive for Peace” captures the tension between longing and hope. The woman’s upward movement is full of determination and grace, her body leaning into the effort, refusing to stop reaching. The brilliant sunlight surrounding the dove suggests that peace exists, glowing and real, even if it has not yet fully arrived in our hands.

Created from fragments of glass fused together through heat and transformation, the work reflects the idea that harmony can emerge from broken pieces. The sky itself feels alive with movement and possibility, as though the future is still being written.

This piece invites viewers to consider the beauty of striving itself. Even when peace feels just beyond our grasp, the act of reaching for it keeps the dream alive.