Carla McFarland

carlajack@centurytel.net

Carla McFarland creates original stained glass and mosaic pieces that utilize colorful glass as well as seashells, agate slices, beads, stones crystals, ceramic tile and recycled car windshield. While some pieces are geometric, other reflects designs taken from nature.

Carla has shown her work at the Art in the Park in Columbia, Missouri, the Mosaics Show in St. Charles, Missouri, and various other shows in Columbia, Sedalia, Cape Girardeau, St. Genevieve, and St. Louis County. She was awarded a first prize and an honorable mention at the Boone County Art show. She has completed several private commissions. Her work is on display in the chapel at Boone Landing retirement Center in Columbia, as well as at the Columbia Art League.

In 2002, Carla retired after teaching junior high special education for twenty five years. Needing a creative outlet, she took a three day class in stained glass and was hooked. After learning the basic techniques, she began to create her own designs incorporating found objects, such as seashells and agate slabs.

Carla received her Master’s in Education in 1976, and her Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Studies in 1974 from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She was born in Moberly, Missouri in 1952.