Tracy Silva Barbosa of Duende Glass is an artist of Azorean heritage who has worked with the world-renowned architectural glass artist, John Lewis, assisting with the glass marvels of the Oklahoma City Memorial and One World Trade, New York. Her artistic process uses painstaking layers of transparent color mixed with various images such as post-industrial architecture, urban sprawl, along with colorful flora and fauna, to create a delicate narrative addressing issues such as age, sensuality, and transcendence.