Altyn is an impressionist landscape artist fascinated by possibility inherent in line, color, and texture. He depicts a natural location’s light, mood, motion, and season in glass panels designed to hang in a window or on a wall. Patrons often exclaim, “I’ve been there! You captured my place!” The creative process begins with art glass sheets whose texture, translucence, reflectivity, pattern, and color invoke nature. The artist may see principal lines in the glass itself or he may follow a sketch or photo from his travels. He cuts simple lines using traditional hand-held glass scoring tools. Intricate, high-risk lines are achieved with a wet ring-saw. Each piece of cut glass is “foiled” on the edge using copper tape. The cut and foiled pieces are soldered into place. The final work is framed in copper, with copper patina to brighten the solder. Every step in the process is a self-satisfying invitation to flow through the immediacy of vision, action, tactile response, and result.