Artist Richard Prigg wanted a place to showcase the work of young artists who often can’t get into galleries, so in 2022 he opened Gallery 26 at 26 E. Baltimore Pike in Lansdowne, writes Peg DeGrassa for the Daily Times.

You can catch a new exhibit, “Bodybuilding,” that opened there this past weekend by Philadelphia-based visual artist Anna Guarneri.  It’s her first solo show.

Prigg creates stained glass on commission at his other Lansdowne business, Sycamore Studio, next door.

He also does stained glass restoration, repair, fabrication, and installation, for churches, businesses, as well as residential customers and art enthusiasts.

Prigg is a 1973 Ridley High School alum and Ridley native who has lived and worked in Lansdowne for the past 21 years.

He studied painting at The Pennsylvania Academy of Art from 1977 to 1981 before working at Beyer Stained Glass.

“I got the job partly because I knew so much about the Bible, and stained glass clients are mostly churches,” he said.

He also worked as general manager at Willet Hauser Architectural Glass, managing $23 million in stained glass projects.

He opened Sycamore Studio in 2011 with his partner Ellen Lustgarten.

See how artist Richard Prigg’s career has evolved from painting to stained glass work in the Daily Times.