For over 45 years, Jay Grooters, the Urban
Rancher, has been designing and creating stained glass windows.
Living in the mountains of Colorado, he
has specialized in flowers, animals, birds, and landscapes. However, in
the past several years, there has been a transition into liturgical
stained glass. During 2006 - 2008, the three windows pictures above have
been completed and installed. In the winter of 2007 - 2008, a 6'x6'
window was completed for the Longmont United Methodist Church in
Longmont, Colorado as a memorial for his father, and a 5'x5' octagonal
window for the Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church in Estes Park.
During the period of February 2009 and April 2009, the other 22 windows
for Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church were
completed.
He does take orders for custom work,
and also has completed works for sale in his gallery and studio at his
home and at the Alpenglow Gallery in Estes Park.
He is developing a series of free-form
animals and birds, inclusing bighorn rams, elk, eagles and owls, and is
in the process of creating a 3 dimensional flying eagle.
