"Glass has sparked curiosity in man for nearly five thousand years. Influence in technique and style draw from their roots but are continually changing with time. For those that perceive stained glass art to be something of a medieval decoration, must seek and understand the strides made by artists that break that stigmatism by creating lifelike, personable stained glass. In search of such an artist, one might find the work of Robert Oddy to be of interest. He focuses on bringing the beauty and reality of his work to personal audiences as more of a fine art than an architectural one by creating a sense of depth unparallel in most of the stained glass world.

Not unlike many great artists, Robert is a self-taught professional. However, it is a recent full-time obsession. With a background in computing and with a PhD in Information Retrieval, Oddy left his British schooling and moved to Central New York to teach at Syracuse University."