Tunnel of Love Wears
Heartbreak Pajamas, 1989

Lamp-worked glass and paint; 30.3 x 63.2 cm

Francine and Benson Pilloff Collection

A native of Georgia, Ruffner (1952 - ) studied painting at the University of Georgia. Not surprisingly, even though she now makes lamp-work glass compositions of complex form, painting remains important in that her glass pieces customarily have painted surfaces, often with detailed, realistic scenes. The imagination with which she endows the subject matter of her pieces has made Ruffner's reputation as a glass artist.