Ayotte, Rick

The warm colours of autumn: reds and yellows, browns and orange - the glowing tones of nature captured in clear crystal. Set against a background of mixed foliage, small ripe scarlet berries and yellow and orange blooms are 3 chrysanthemums - 2 reddish-orange and one mustard-yellow. (The main flower..

The clear crystal set with an attractive floral composition. The first thing that catches the eye is a large, shaded blueish-purple & white dahlia with a darker centre. Hanging below it are bright-red & purple fuschias and completing the composition are clusters of small white flowers and variegated..

A beautiful arrangment with 3 delicate pale-pink roses - fading to white towards the outer petals - over a bed of dark-green foliage on a clear ground.Signed and dated above the rim of the polished, concave base: Rick Ayotte Ed/50 ‘95.  ..

A large butterfly - with delicately-formed bright green and yellow wings, a segmented yellow and midnight blue body, and a deep purple head with two antennae - hovers over a branch of white blossoms with yellow stamen and brownish-green leaves.Signed and dated above the polished, concave base: Ayott..

A bouquet which evokes a feeling of spring: 3 yellow daffodils and a spray of gypsophila (baby’s breath) in a beautiful arrangement with buds and green leaves over a clear ground. The weight is cut with a circular top window and 6 oval side facets.Scratch-signed and dated above the rim of the polish..

A large, colourful weight to lift the spirits after the drab days of winter...Spring - the first weight in the “Four Seasons Bouquet” series. Iris, crocuses, forget-me-nots, wood nymphs, violets and narcissus - in shades of blue and yellow, white, pale-pink & purple - arranged on a bed of green stal..

A colourful kolibri feeding from a cluster of mirabilis blooms. Mirabilis plants are unusual due to the fact that a single plant may display a number of flowers of different colours !. Here, yellow, orange & blue flowers are growing together on a vine, which also bears 6 buds and numerous dark-green..

A male red cardinal perched amidst 7 amber-tipped, dogwood blossoms over a clear ground. Brown branches and numerous variegated green leaves complete the design. Signed, dated & numbered Ayotte 1991 # 12/50 above the rim of the polished concave base.(The cardinal and dogwood are the State Bird and S..

A fine, compound magnum over clear depicting a red cardinal amidst a mass of amber-tipped, dogwood blossoms with 3-dimensional centres and green leaves. Brown branches, green leaves and more white blossoms form the second layer giving a fuller impression to the motif.Signed Ayotte PCA 1991 above the..

The clear crystal set with a hummingbird searching for nectar. The bird - with its metallic green body and forked tail - is hovering in front of 3 lavender-blue flowers growing from a cluster of pale-green leaves together with a single bud. On the same branch is a second cluster of leaves and anothe..

A miniature weight with a grassland yellow finch sitting on a branch amongst 5 pale-yellow wild barberry flowers and green foliage over a clear ground.Signed and dated: Ayotte M28 ‘89.  Polished, concave base.  ..

The clear glass is set with a blue & white belted kingfisher - with a blue & brown striped breast - perched on a forked tree stump next to 2 pink lady’s-slipper orchids with pale-green leaves and a cluster of golden-yellow marsh marigolds set amidst dark-green leaves. Signed and dated Ayott..