Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist

An artist inspired by his rural childhood memories captures nature's exquisite beauty in molten glass, battling dyslexia and defying critics on his way to international fame. An artist inspired by his rural childhood memories captures nature's exquisite beauty in molten glass, battling dyslexia and defying critics on his way to international fame. As a boy, Paul wanders the New England woods, inspired by the beauty that surrounds him. Fascinated by the dew on the Lady Slipper Orchid, the honeybees dancing among the daisies, the low-bush blueberries surrounding the summer marshes. He struggles through school with undiagnosed dyslexia, desperate to please his parents, and searching for a way forward. Then, suddenly, he discovers it: his path, his profession, his purpose. Glass. A magical medium. Neither solid nor liquid. Within its molten core Paul pries open a window - revealing his memories, his faith, and his future. He trains in the craft of scientific glass, and embarks on a fruitful career, only to find something is missing...he has a deep unsatisfied need to create. He makes a leap of faith, abandoning his chosen profession to pursue a clearer vision: to live the life of an artist, to encase nature's wonder in crystal, and to achieve excellence and acclaim the world over. Today, Paul Stankard is an internationally acclaimed artist and pioneer in the studio glass movement. He is considered a living master of the flame-worked glass medium, and his work is represented in more than 70 museums around the world.