Bill Simpson


"The motifs most often found in my work derive from my interest in the American Southwest: Native American designs and mountain landscapes. These designs include a series of panels capturing the color and movement of American Indian dancing and multi-layered panels that mimic the depth of natural scenes. But I also build windows that are purely abstract splashes of color and I have designed playful images of cats and dragons, panels based upon children’s drawings, and other flights of fancy.

In technical terms, my work includes copper-foil construction, lead construction, and glass-on-glass mosaics. I also do the wood work seen in my lamp bases and most of my frames.

Prior to shifting my stained glass work from a hobby to a business, then moving to Colorado, and finally returning to New Mexico, I was a college professor, a management consultant, and staff for state legislative and higher education committees, while living in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and New York."

"For nearly thirty years, I have been designing and building stained glass panels and lamps. Each piece is original and unique: I design each piece myself and rarely re-use a pattern…never with the same glass. So you can be confident that any piece of glass art from my studio will be one-of-a-kind and well constructed."

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Located in Historic Old Colorado City, since 1973, this location has maintained its reputation for authentic Native American jewelry, fine art, designer jewelry, bronze sculpture and home accessories. From traditional to contemporary, The Squash Blossom has something for everyone.