Florida based visual artistCarey Dean works in a variety of media which includes drawing, painting,mixed media, and stained glass mosaic. Her nature inspired works havebeen exhibited internationally and commissioned for public spaces inseveral states. Her stained glass mosaics are her most sought after worksdepicting bodies of water and dramatic American landscapes.Carey Dean received her MFA in 2005 in the United Kingdom and shortlythereafter she returned to the US to teach undergraduate and pre-collegeart and design courses at the University of Wisconsin Stout andMinneapolis College of Art and Design for over a decade. With a number ofpublic art commissions, Carey Dean now focuses most of her attention onlarge-scale public art projects and custom pieces for residentialcommissions.As an artist, Carey Dean uses traditional art-making techniques to createabstract representations of natural forms and dramatic landscapes. Hermore recent public art commissions are unique interpretations ofrecognizable locations such as state parks using hand-cut stained glassto create complex mosaics murals. With a painterly approach, CareyDean’s mosaics are unusual and break the normal conventions of mosaicart. Some describe her work as “painting with glass”. Celebrating thebeauty and complexity of the natural world through a variety of media,Carey Dean’s work transforms architectural spaces with the power of artimitating nature.