Reef Break: Dawn to Sunset

Tyszka’s artwork has appeared in the highly competitive Mosaic Arts International juried exhibition and was awarded in the recent Hawaii Waves Exhibition by Artfarm.productions and the 2012 Michigan Fine Arts Competition. Her mosaic artwork appears in multiple publications including in and on the cover of Schiffer Publishing’s Mosaic Art Today, Edible Bits And Pleasing Pieces cookbook, and Guide To Mosaic Techniques. Tyszka is a graduate of the Musicians Institute (Guitar Institute of Technology), Oakland University, and Wayne State University Law School. She is the past Governance Chair on the Board of Trustees of the Society Of American Mosaic Artists. She has traveled all over the world to study ancient and modern mosaics and her own work has appeared in galleries and juried art shows in and around the United States and as far away as a mosaic floor in Botswana.

12” x 12”

Mosaic of stained glass, smalti, repurposed commercial tile, millefiori, crushed glass, by Ruth Tyszka.

Named for the way the iridescent glass changes from cool to warm colors depending on the angle of viewing.