FEATURED ARTISTS

Gallery 23 Artists of the Month for November 2025

Jeanine Erickson & Barbara Matlaga

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Jeanine Erickson

GLASS WORK & JEWELRY

Jeanine Erickson is a retired Teacher, exhibits her stained glass work and jewelry at the gallery. In her art glass pieces, she favors organic lines, negative space, the incorporation of fossils, copper sheet & wire, and agate slices. Her jewelry pieces are predominantly made of sterling silver and she employs a variety of techniques  including forging, anticlastic forming, fusing, and complex riveting. 

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BARBARA MATLAGA

GLASS WORK & JEWELRY

Barbara Matlaga is a self-taught fused glass artist who joined Gallery 23 in 2013.  She started her glass journey in 2000, making glass beads at the torch in a small make shift garage studio.  She soon branched out making fused glass items and recently expanded her home studio that allows her to build her glass fusing skills.

She has always been attracted to color and interested in learning new techniques.  She has taken many classes at The Studio at The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning NY, Warm Glass in Clemmons, NC, Salem Community College, Salem, NJ, and The Glass Underground in Warren, NJ.

Barbara’s fused glass work, at Gallery 23, reflects her desire to produce functional pieces, art glass display pieces as well as jewelry. She also enjoys making items that celebrate the seasons and holidays. You will always find something colorful and fun in her inventory. 

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Stop by the gallery to see Jeanine and Barbara's stunning work at the Gallery.

Gallery 23
23 Main Street Blairstown NJ

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